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WGUS53 KPAH 170857

FFWPAH

KYC145-171100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

354 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 347 AM CDT...WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING ACROSS OLD MAYFIELD 

ROAD AT CHAMPION CREEK. THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF PADUCAH...NEAR THE 

HENDRON COMMUNITY. RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER 

EASTERN AND CENTRAL MCCRACKEN COUNTY.



* THE RAIN WILL END BY 5 AM. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT A 

DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING EVEN PAST THAT TIME.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE REIDLAND AND PADUCAH.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3705 8856 3699 8853 3698 8878 3712 8883



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