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WGUS73 KPAH 250229

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MOC017-223-250345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

929 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAYNE AND BOLLINGER 

COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...



AT 926 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVY RAIN HAD EXITED THE 

AREA...AND ONLY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS WAYNE AND BOLLINGER 

COUNTIES.  AT 915 PM CDT...THE WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER 

REPORTED SOME STATE AND COUNTY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...AND 

SOME COUNTY ROADS HAD BEEN WASHED OUT.  THE LIGHT RAIN WILL TAPER 

OFF AND FLOODING WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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.



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