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WGUS73 KPAH 040059

FFSPAH

MOC181-040115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

800 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RIPLEY COUNTY EXPIRED...



AT 800 PM...PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED THAT WHILE THERE WERE STILL SOME 

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS IN RIPLEY COUNTY...THE IMMINENT THREAT OF 

FLASH FLOODING HAD DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS 

MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER RIPLEY COUNTY IN THE LAST 2 

TO 3 HOURS...SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HIGH WATER AREAS COULD BE SLOW 

TO RECEDE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR ANY AREAS WHICH MAY CONTINUE 

TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE WIDELY SCATTERED BUT LINGERING SHOWER 

ACTIVITY. REMEMBER NEVER TO CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.



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