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WGUS53 KPAH 010241

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KYC083-105-010600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

837 PM CST THU JAN 31 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 1200 AM CST.



* AT 837 PM CST...THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE REPORTED FLOODING 

PROBLEMS ON HIGHWAY 58 ALONG THE GRAVES...HICKMAN COUNTY LINE. 

FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN NORTHERN GRAVES NEAR MELBER.



* ANOTHER ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE RAIN 

WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END BY 1000 PM. HOWEVER RUNOFF PROBLEMS 

WILL CONTINUE EVEN AFTER THE RAIN STOPS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

MAYFIELD



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3692 8850 3651 8850 3664 8887 3676 8895

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