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RWUS32 KPAH 010342

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KYC083-105-145-010600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

941 PM CST THU JAN 31 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



UNTIL 1200 AM CST.



AT 940 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN 

WAS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 

MPH...SO THE RAIN SHOULD END OVER MOST OF THE WARNED AREA BY 1100 PM.



HOWEVER...FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME 

AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.



THE MCCRACKEN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT THE 

FOLLOWING ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE IN PLACES DUE TO HIGH WATER...

LOVELACEVILLE...

MAYFIELD ROAD...AND 

HOUSER ROAD.



FLOODING ALSO CONTINUES IN THE MELBER AREA. CROOKED CREEK IS 

CURRENTLY RUNNING BANKFULL.



IN GRAVES COUNTY...OFFICIALS REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 

58 BETWEEN WINGO AND THE HICKMAN COUNTY LINE. THERE WERE NUMEROUS 

REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN MAYFIELD INCLUDING...

SOUTH 10TH STREET BLOCKED OFF DUE TO HIGH WATER...

AND A BRIDGE IS BARRICADED ALONG 10TH AND COLLEGE DUE TO HIGH WATER.



CENTRAL DISPATCH IN HICKMAN COUNTY REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS IN 

HICKMAN COUNTY.



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