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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Flash Flood Warning

National Weather Service Paducah KY

315 AM CST Thu Mar 5 2026



The National Weather Service in Paducah has extended the



* Flash Flood Warning for...

  Northwestern Alexander County in southern Illinois...

  Southern Johnson County in southern Illinois...

  Northwestern Pulaski County in southern Illinois...

  Southern Union County in southern Illinois...

  East Central Cape Girardeau County in southeastern Missouri...



* Until 800 AM CST.



* At 315 AM CST, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 

  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 

  2.5 and 4.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate 

  is 1 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 

  2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is 

  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.



  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.



  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.



  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban

           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as

           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.



* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...

  Cape Girardeau, Jonesboro, Vienna, Dongola, Ullin, Cypress, 

  Belknap, Mill Creek and East Cape Girardeau.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



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LAT...LON 3730 8959 3739 8956 3743 8940 3746 8903

      3746 8871 3742 8871 3740 8871 3734 8872

      3734 8891 3732 8894 3730 8903 3727 8920

      3726 8946 3725 8959



FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR



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