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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1002 PM CST THU FEB 15 2001





...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE

FROM VAN BUREN TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...ANNA TO CARMI ILLINOIS...

AND ONWARD TO EVANSVILLE AND ROCKPORT INDIANA...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT

FOR ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHERN

ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...



SOME CITIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDED POPLAR BLUFF...

SIKESTON...CAIRO...METROPOLIS...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...MORGANFIELD...

HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...AND OWENSBORO.



AT 9PM...THE MAIN COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS WESTERN TENNESSEE AND

INTO ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...ANOTHER WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS

NOTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI...AND OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AN UPPER

LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED MOVE THROUGH THE QUAD STATE REGION

LATER TONIGHT...AND PULL MOISTURE BACK UP AND OVER THE COLD FRONT...

INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN

KENTUCKY.



RAINFALL SINCE WEDNESDAY...RANGING FROM ONE TO NEARLY THREE INCHES

IN THE WATCH AREA...HAS ALREADY SATURATED THE GROUND AND SWOLLEN

CREEKS AND DITCHES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES...MAY BE

POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER 3 AM. AT THIS TIME...THE

GREATEST THREAT FOR LOWLAND AND ROAD FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.



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

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER THAT FLASH FLOODING IS

ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. 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.



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