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RWUS32 KPAH 130453

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KYC035-047-219-221-130600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1053 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 1040 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN  

PADUCAH INDICATED AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE 

RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON 

SEVERAL LOW-LYING COUNTY ROADS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. IN 

ADDITION...HIGHWAYS 128 AND 1507 IN TRIGG COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED 

DUE TO HIGH WATER.  



RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO 

WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL...AND MAY LEAD TO A FEW 

ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSINGS. 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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