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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

100 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXPIRED FOR CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY...SCOTT 

COUNTY...AND ALEXANDER COUNTY...



AT 1257 PM...PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED STORMS ALREADY BECOMING MORE 

WIDELY SCATTERED OVER CAPE GIRARDEAU AND ALEXANDER COUNTY...AND 

BEGINNING TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY OVER SCOTT COUNTY. WHILE THERE 

WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF RAIN...THE IMMINENT THREAT FOR A 

CONTINUATION OF SIGNIFICANT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED.



AT 1255 PM...LOCAL AUTHORITIES STILL REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADWAYS 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN CAPE COUNTY...ROUTE K AND ROUTE AB WERE 

CLOSED. IN SCOTT COUNTY...HIGHWAY 311 NEAR KELSO...AND PORTIONS OF 

NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 55...BETWEEN THE 85 AND 86 MILE MARKERS...WERE 

STILL INUNDATED. ALSO IN ALEXANDER COUNTY...ROUTE 3 OR PIGEON 

ROOST...IN OLIVE BRANCH...HAD SECTIONS OF THE ROAD UNDER WATER.



WATER MAY BE SLOW TO RECEDE...SO YOU SHOULD STILL USE 

CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELLING ROADWAYS NEAR LOW LANDS OR FLOOD 

PRONE AREAS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...WHILE IT COULD BE MINOR...MAY 

FURTHER SLOW THE RECESSION OF HIGH WATERS.



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