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WGUS73 KPAH 050237

FFSPAH

MOC023-050430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

937 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 1115 

PM...



AT 930 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER SMALL BAND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PART OF BUTLER 

COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND PRODUCING RAIN 

AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.



AS OF 925 PM...NO WATER PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED BY THE BUTLER COUNTY 

SHERIFF.



THE STORMS OVER THE COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH 1030 

PM...HOWEVER...ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE 

WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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