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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

907 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI



UNTIL 1115 AM CDT.



AT 8 AM...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF 

HIGHWAY 160...ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF DONIPHAN. DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL WEST AND NORTHWEST OF DONIPHAN. 

RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES FELL ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE 

CURRENT RIVER...FROM THE CARTER COUNTY LINE TO HIGHWAY 160.



THROUGH 11 AM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN RIPLEY 

COUNTY...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF DONIPHAN. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES FROM 

1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH RAIN IS TAPERING OFF WEST OF 

DONIPHAN...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL 

AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THAT AREA.



AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MOVING WATER CAN 

EASILY FLOAT AWAY CARS AND TRUCKS.   

 

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