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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1028 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  MCLEAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



UNTIL NOON CDT.



AT 1023 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

RANGING FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST 

ILLINOIS...TO AROUND HALF AN INCH MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE WEST 

KENTUCKY PARKWAY.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER 

THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS AND NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES 

ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH NOON.



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.

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