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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1137 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.

* AT 1134 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE
MORNING HOURS.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM METROPOLIS NORTHEAST THROUGH
SHAWNEETOWN ILLINOIS. THIS LINE SHOULD BEGIN MOVING SLOWLY EAST
THROUGH 1 PM. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3699 8825 3707 8834 3703 8851 3722 8893
      3731 8894 3731 8905 3760 8904 3761 8871
      3791 8870 3792 8814 3782 8804 3783 8809
      3781 8808 3781 8791 3790 8793 3777 8777
      3765 8774 3746 8795 3737 8781 3713 8822
TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 180DEG 0KT 3729 8887

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