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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

643 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI



UNTIL 815 PM



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVERSE BUTLER COUNTY. 

THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. EVEN THOUGH THE 

STORMS WERE DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE...IT WILL 

TAKE AN HOUR OR TWO FOR THE FLOODWATERS TO RECEDE. RAINFALL RATES 

WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH PER HOUR THROUGH 815 PM. 



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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