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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

403 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



UNTIL 530 PM CDT.



AT 403 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING THAT THE CLUSTER OF STORMS 

WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN...WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING...WAS 

MOVING EASTWARD INTO POSEY COUNTY INDIANA. THEREFORE...THE THREAT 

FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW.



ANY FLOODING WHICH DID OCCUR WITH THIS STORM WILL TAKE A LITTLE 

WHILE TO RECEDE. AS SUCH...MOTORISTS ARE STILL URGED TO TAKE EXTRA 

CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF WHITE COUNTY 

THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE HERALD...EMMA AND RISING SUN 

AREAS.



NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE.



IF YOU EXPERIECED FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON...PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT 

TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT RELAY TO THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE.

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