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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

205 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DAVIESS COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM...



AT 200 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED

TO TRAVERSE DAVIESS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED MORE THAN 3 INCHES PER

HOUR HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY...JUST NORTH

OF WHITESVILLE. THE DAVIESS COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED

WATER STANDING ON NUMEROUS ROADS IN WHITESVILLE.



THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER...IT WILL

TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE EXCESS WATER TO RUNOFF. THEREFORE...THE

WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. FLOODED ROADS ARE MORE

DIFFICULT TO DISCERN AT NIGHT...SO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING.

LOW LANDS AND URBAN AREAS...OR LOCALES NEAR CREEKS AND

STREAMS...WILL OFFER THE HIGHEST RISK FOR ENCOUNTERING FLOOD

CONDITIONS.



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