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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1127 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR CAPE GIRARDEAU 

COUNTY...ALEXANDER COUNTY...AND SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM...



AT 1125 AM...PADUCAH RADAR ESTIMATED A SWATH OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS 

HAD PRODUCED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 

FROM AROUND CAPE GIRARDEAU...SOUTH TO NEAR CAIRO. 



RADAR SHOWS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH...MOVING SOUTH AT 

15 TO 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REPEAT HEAVY RAINS OVER 

OR VERY NEAR THESE SAME AREAS. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 

CAPE COUNTY...ALEXANDER COUNTY...AND SCOTT COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 

100 PM.



AT 1121 AM...COUNTY CONTACTS FROM CAPE REPORTED MAJOR STREET 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. WHILE NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS 

HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTIES...SIMILAR HEAVY RAIN 

TOTALS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...SO ALL NEARBY COMMUNITY RESIDENTS SHOULD 

BE AWARE OF THE CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN THREAT AND SEEK HIGH GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING OCCURS.



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