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000 

WGUS53 KPAH 160525

FFWPAH

INC125-161000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1225 AM EST SAT MAR 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 400 AM EST



* AT 1220 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN PIKE

 COUNTY REPORTED THAT SEVERAL STATE AND COUNTY ROADS

 REMAIN COVERED IN WATER. BARRICADES HAVE BEEN PLACED

 ON ROUTE 56 BETWEEN CATO AND OTWELL. THE WATER WAS

 NOT RECEDING AT THIS TIME. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL

 THROUGH 1220 AM EST WERE IN EXCESS OF AN INCH FROM UNION

 TO ALGIERS IN THE NORTH...TO SPURGEON AND PIKEVILLE IN THE

 SOUTH. UP TO TWO INCHES WERE INDICATED BETWEEN WINSLOW AND

 OTWELL.



* RAINFALL WILL BE SCATTERED IN NATURE THROUGH 4 AM...

  WITH HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ONE 

  QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS WILL SLOW THE DRAINAGE OF WATER

  FROM THE WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 330 AM. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  PETERSBURG

  WINSLOW

  OTWELL

  CATO  



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 3850 8708 3823 8708 3824 8732 3839 8731

          3838 8742 3844 8741 3844 8745 3852 8747

          3853 8719 3852 8711

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WGUS53 KPAH 160531 CCA

FFWPAH

INC125-160900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1225 AM EST SAT MAR 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 400 AM EST



* AT 1220 AM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN PIKE

 COUNTY REPORTED THAT SEVERAL STATE AND COUNTY ROADS

 REMAIN COVERED IN WATER. BARRICADES HAVE BEEN PLACED

 ON ROUTE 56 BETWEEN CATO AND OTWELL. THE WATER WAS

 NOT RECEDING AT THIS TIME. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL

 THROUGH 1220 AM EST WERE IN EXCESS OF AN INCH FROM UNION

 TO ALGIERS IN THE NORTH...TO SPURGEON AND PIKEVILLE IN THE

 SOUTH. UP TO TWO INCHES WERE INDICATED BETWEEN WINSLOW AND

 OTWELL.



* RAINFALL WILL BE SCATTERED IN NATURE THROUGH 4 AM...

  WITH HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ONE 

  QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS WILL SLOW THE DRAINAGE OF WATER

  FROM THE WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 330 AM. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  PETERSBURG

  WINSLOW

  OTWELL

  CATO  



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 3850 8708 3823 8708 3824 8732 3839 8731

          3838 8742 3844 8741 3844 8745 3852 8747

          3853 8719 3852 8711

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