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RWUS32 KPAH 100902

FFSPAH

KYZ014-101030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

301 AM CST SUN NOV 10 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY



UNTIL 430 AM CST.



AT 300 AM...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF UNION COUNTY OVER THE 

LAST 3 TO 4 HOURS.  HOWEVER...RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT THE 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF THE 

AREA.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF CITY STREETS IN 

MORGANFIELD AT 224 AM.  DESPITE THE RAINFALL ENDING...IT WILL TAKE 

SOME TIME FOR THESE HIGH WATERS TO RECEDE.  THEREFORE THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 430 AM.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



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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