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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

414 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN MISSOURI



UNTIL 615 AM CDT.



AT 410 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS CARTER COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES AS 

MUCH AS ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. 

ANOTHER ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE RAIN COMES TO AN END BY 600 AM.



VAN BUREN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT NUMEROUS CREEKS IN TOWN ARE 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND THE CURRENT RIVER IS THREATENING TO OVERFLOW 

BROWNS ROAD.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING. 

AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND IF WATER COVERS THE BRIDGE OR 

ROAD...FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT 

SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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