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WGUS73 KPAH 171008

FFSPAH

KYC083-145-171100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

508 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FOR

MCCRACKEN AND GRAVES COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...



AT 500 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVY RAIN

RESPONSIBLE FOR RISING WATER IN MCCRACKEN AND GRAVES COUNTIES...HAS

MOVE OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...HIGH WATER IS STILL LIKELY

TO RUNOFF FROM CREEKS...STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



THE AREAS OF GREATEST CONCERN CONTINUE TO BE IN THE MAYFIELD AREA

IN GRAVES COUNTY...AND IN THE HENDRON AREA OF MCCRACKEN COUNTY...

ALONG CHAMPION CREEK AT OLD MAYFIELD AND HOUSER ROADS.



RAIN WAS INCREASING OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE AND EASTERN ARKANSAS.

IT SHOULD REMAIN DRY THROUGH 600 AM OR 700 AM. THEN RAIN WILL

RETURN...WHICH MAY SERVE TO SLOW RECEDING WATER LEVELS...OR EVEN

BRING BACK THE RISK OF SOME FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE

THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



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