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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

230 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL

400 AM...



THE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ONE HOUSE HAD 4 INCHES OF WATER IN THE

BASEMENT FLOOR FROM A NEARBY CREEK...AND ANOTHER HOUSE HAD

FLOODWATERS NEARLY TO THE FOUNDATION. A REST HOME HAD RECEIVED SOME

FLOODING...ALTHOUGH NO EVACUATIONS WERE NEEDED. ALSO...NUMEROUS ROADS

WERE FLOODED ACROSS THE COUNTY.



AT 230 AM...RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS OVER BUTLER COUNTY HAD

DECREASED IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION HAD NOT

DIMINISHED COMPLETELY. THIS WILL WORK TO AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY

FLOODED AREAS. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE.



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS.



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