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WGUS53 KPAH 170820

FFWPAH

KYC083-171100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

317 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 312 AM CDT...GRAVES COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OF 

LOW LYING AREAS...AND EVACUATIONS OF RESIDENTS WERE TAKING PLACE. 

RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

PAST 6 TO 12 HOURS. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 45 AT GENERAL 

TIRE AND OVER HIGHWAY 97 JUST SOUTH OF MAYFIELD.



* THE RAIN WILL END...AT LEAST TEMPORARILY...BY 4 AM. RUNOFF OF 

FLOODWATERS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING EVEN AFTER THAT TIME.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE WINGO



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



LAT...LON 3689 8851 3657 8864 3662 8881 3692 8862



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