NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
734 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  GALLATIN COUNTY...
  HARDIN COUNTY...
  EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...
  MASSAC COUNTY...
  POPE COUNTY...
  AND SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

  EASTERN CARLISLE COUNTY...
  WESTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY...
  NORTHERN GRAVES COUNTY...
  LIVINGSTON COUNTY ...
  WESTERN LYON COUNTY...
  MCCRACKEN COUNTY...
  AND MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 1030 PM.

* AT 731 PM  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS
WERE MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE
KENTUCKY PURCHASE AREA. REPORTS OF OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WERE
RECEIVED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. SOME STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL
RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. SHORTLY AFTER 7 PM STREET FLOODING
WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN CARBONDALE AND IN PORTIONS OF
JEFFERSON COUNTY ILLINOIS. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING
IS NECESSARY. CAMPERS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF
RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.


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