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KYC059-172000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1010 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAVIESS COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1005 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 

LAST NIGHT ACROSS DAVIESS COUNTY OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ESPECIALLY 

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.    



HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ANYWHERE FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE INCH WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON...WHICH IS LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING 

PROBLEMS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

MASONVILLE...OWENSBORO AND WHITESVILLE.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER

GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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 3780 8693 3767 8683 3758 8708 3768 8737

          3778 8728

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