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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1004 PM CST WED FEB 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY ONLY...NORTH

OF A LINE FROM LAKE WAPPAPELLO AND CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...

ANNA AND DIXON SPRINGS ILLINOIS...AND EVANSVILLE AND BOONVILLE

INDIANA...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR

THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST

INDIANA...AS WELL AS ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...



SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ARE POPLAR

BLUFF...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE...MURRAY...HENDERSON AND

OWENSBORO.



OTHER CITIES INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ON THURSDAY ARE CAPE

GIRARDEAU...CARBONDALE...MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS AND EVANSVILLE.



AT 9PM...A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR MARBLE HILL MISSOURI...

ONWARD TO CARBONDALE AND MCLEANSBORO ILLINOIS...REACHING NEAR

PRINCETON INDIANA. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

WORKING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE QUAD STATE REGION OVERNIGHT AND

INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF GULF OF MEXICO

MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL STORM

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

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. EVEN AFTER THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH BY EARLY

THURSDAY...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TO FALL OVERNIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH

OF A LINE FROM LAKE WAPPAPPELLO AND CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...ANNA

AND DIXON SPRINGS ILLINOIS...AND ONWARD TO EVANSVILLE AND BOONVILLE

INDIANA. 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.



TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE

LESSENED FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT COULD STILL BE OF CONCERN ON

THURSDAY. FOR THIS REASON...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT

FOR THURSDAY.



EARLIER TODAY...LOCAL OFFICIALS IN WEST KENTUCKY REPORTED CREEKS NEAR

BANKFULL...AS WELL AS WATER ACROSS SOME ROADS THAT TYPICALLY

EXPERIENCE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS

INDICATED THAT RAINFALL FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY THROUGH 10 PM...

AVERAGED BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...UPWARD TO ONE AND

ONE HALF INCHES...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER...AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN

TIP OF ILLINOIS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY ACROSS THE WATCH

AREA WILL LIKELY CAUSE FURTHER RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL

AS SOME PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS.



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.



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