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492 

RWUS32 KPAH 142105

FFSPAH

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-

107>112-114-151000-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

305 PM CST WED FEB 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST

MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN

KENTUCKY FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...



SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CAPE GIRARDEAU...POPLAR

BLUFF...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE...MURRAY...CARBONDALE...

MOUNT VERNON IL...EVANSVILLE...HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO.



A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FOUR-

STATE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY

OF GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL

STORM SYSTEMS AND THE COLD FRONT...RESULTING IN A CONTINUATION OF

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. EVEN AFTER THE FRONT

PASSES THROUGH BY EARLY THURSDAY...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LAST

THROUGHOUT THE DAY.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVERNIGHT...AS THE ACTIVITY

WILL LIKELY BECOME ENHANCED JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

AVERAGE RAINFALL BY THE END OF THE DAY THURSDAY WILL BE ON THE

ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE PERSISTENT.



LOCAL OFFICIALS IN WEST KENTUCKY HAVE ALREADY REPORTED CREAKS NEAR

BANKFULL...AND WATER ACROSS ROADS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE DRAINAGE

PROBLEMS.



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT RAIN JUST OVER 1 INCH HAS ACCUMULATED ACROSS

ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR THE

ARKANSAS BORDER...AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS. RADAR SHOWS AN

EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN

MISSOURI...NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND EAST OKLAHOMA. THIS ACTIVITY IS

EXPECTED TO TRAIN ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK

ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



CN

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666 

RWUS32 KPAH 142112 COR

FFSPAH

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-

107>112-114-151000-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

305 PM CST WED FEB 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST

MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN

KENTUCKY FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...



SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CAPE GIRARDEAU...POPLAR

BLUFF...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE...MURRAY...CARBONDALE...

MOUNT VERNON IL...EVANSVILLE...HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO.



A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FOUR-

STATE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY

OF GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL

STORM SYSTEMS AND THE COLD FRONT...RESULTING IN A CONTINUATION OF

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. EVEN AFTER THE FRONT

PASSES THROUGH BY EARLY THURSDAY...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LAST

THROUGHOUT THE DAY.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVERNIGHT...AS THE ACTIVITY

WILL LIKELY BECOME ENHANCED JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

AVERAGE RAINFALL BY THE END OF THE DAY THURSDAY WILL BE ON THE

ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORE PERSISTENT.



LOCAL OFFICIALS IN WEST KENTUCKY HAVE ALREADY REPORTED CREEKS NEAR

BANKFULL...AND WATER ACROSS ROADS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE DRAINAGE

PROBLEMS.



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT RAIN JUST OVER 1 INCH HAS ACCUMULATED 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR THE 

ARKANSAS BORDER...AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS. RADAR SHOWS AN 

EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN 

MISSOURI...NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND EAST OKLAHOMA. THIS ACTIVITY IS 

EXPECTED TO TRAIN ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK

ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



CN

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