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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

440 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND 

ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS 

EXPIRED. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE EXPECTED TO FORM OVERNIGHT DID 

NOT MATERIALIZE AS FORECAST...THUS THE WATCH WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



A WEAK FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY. WHILE ISOLATED STORMS COULD 

PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THE PRECIPITATION THREAT WILL BE 

RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED AS WELL...SINCE DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO 

FILTER INTO THE REGION AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS 

WILL EFFECTIVELY END THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT BY TONIGHT.



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