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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
213 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT.

* AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT 
AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE 
SOUTHWEST...WORSENING ONGOING FLOODING CONDITIONS.

  FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA. TAKE ACTION             
  IMMEDIATELY! OFFICIALS HAVE SET UP AN INCIDENT COMMAND POST IN     
  POPLAR BLUFF. THEY HAVE PERFORMED WATER RESCUES FROM HOMES AND     
  CARS IN THE POPLAR BLUFF AREA. SEVERAL ROADS IN POPLAR BLUFF HAVE  
  BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BELL CITY...
  BLOOMFIELD...
  ADVANCE...
  POPLAR BLUFF...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3708 9122 3705 9079 3727 9074 3731 9015
      3760 9015 3760 8871 3734 8872 3734 8891
      3723 8893 3708 8916 3699 8914 3709 8930
      3700 8926 3686 8970 3663 8972 3663 9015
      3650 9023 3649 9113 3682 9112 3683 9123

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