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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

518 AM CDT WED JUL 31 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI



UNTIL 730 AM CDT



AT 510 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD 

BEGUN TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF RIPLEY 

COUNTY. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES WITH THE 

NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN 

CONCENTRATED AROUND GATEWOOD...TUCKER...AND BURR.



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS OVER HIGHWAY 160 NEAR 

BRIAR. AT 508 AM...THEY REPORTED THAT ON HIGHWAY 160...WEST OF 

HIGHWAY C...WATER AND DEBRIS WAS OVER THE ROAD.



IN GATEWOOD...WATER FROM THE WEST FORK CREEK FORCED THE EVACUATION 

OF A RESIDENCE AT 500 AM. WATER WAS ALSO OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE WEST 

FORK CREEK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. 

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