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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1100 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MOST OF THE

EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA...INCLUDING PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

WEST KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...



THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN SOUTHWEST

INDIANA...POSEY...VANDERBURGH...WARRICK...SPENCER...PIKE...AND

GIBSON. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...WHITE...WABASH...AND EDWARDS.

IN WEST KENTUCKY...HENDERSON AND DAVIESS.



A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA

THIS AFTERNOON. THIS...COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST 48

HOURS...HAD PROMPTED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED

COUNTIES TODAY. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN ADEQUATE TIME FOR THE RECENT

RAINFALL TO DRAIN...AND HIGH WATER LEVELS ON AREA WATERWAYS TO

RECEDE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL

KEEP THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE

AREA. RAINFALL RATES THIS AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE AROUND A HALF INCH

AN HOUR...WITH ISOLATED READING EXCEEDING AN INCH AN HOUR.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS 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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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