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WGUS73 KPAH 240540
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1240 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

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PULASKI IL-ALEXANDER IL-JOHNSON IL-UNION IL-STODDARD MO-SCOTT 
MO-WAYNE MO-BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARTER MO-BUTLER 
MO-RIPLEY MO-
1240 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR
UNION...JOHNSON...ALEXANDER AND PULASKI COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...AND RIPLEY...BUTLER...CARTER...CAPE GIRARDEAU...
BOLLINGER...WAYNE...SCOTT AND STODDARD COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...

AT 1227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. IN THE LATE EVENING...WATER RESCUES WERE 
REPORTED AND A NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS CLOSED BY WATER IN BUTLER 
COUNTY. EARLIER IN THE EVENING IN BOLLINGER COUNTY...1 1/2 TO 2 
INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AN HOUR.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT 
DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES!

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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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