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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

353 PM CST THU FEB 15 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND 

PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHWEST 

INDIANA TONIGHT...



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

BLUFF...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE...HARRISBURG...

EVANSVILLE...HENDERSON...AND OWENSBORO.



AS OF MID-AFTERNOON...A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WAS POSITIONED OVER 

EXTREME SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN TENNESSEE. AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY 

OF GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE WILL FEED NORTHWARD OVER THE FRONT... 

CAUSING POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL 

FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



ONE TO NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS

OF WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SINCE EARLY WEDNESDAY

MORNING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO MAY

FALL OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS COULD RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN

CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.



IF THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT MATERIALIZES FOR TONIGHT AS EXPECTED...A 

SERIOUS FLOODING EVENT COULD OCCUR. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH 

FLOODING TONIGHT APPEARS TO BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE OHIO 

RIVER...AS WELL AS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.



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 A WARNING IS ISSUED.



PRESLEY

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