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RWUS32 KPAH 130131

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KYC035-047-219-221-130515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

730 PM CST WED DEC 12 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST



AT 725 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN   

PADUCAH INDICATED AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN   

TENNESSEE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. MINOR 

FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ON SEVERAL ROADWAYS WITHIN THE WARNED 

AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER 

SATURATED GROUNDS...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND 

STREAMS.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF BY AROUND MIDNIGHT IN 

MOST LOCATIONS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

CADIZ...CANTON... ELKTON...HOPKINSVILLE...MURRAY...OAK GROVE AND   

PEMBROKE



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER 

BEGINS RISING.



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