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WGUS73 KPAH 010745

FFSPAH

ILC193-INC051-125-129-163-173-011000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

245 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR POSEY

   AND GIBSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR 

   WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN VANDERBURGH...

   NORTHERN WARRICK...AND PIKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST 

   INDIANA...



AT 235 AM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 

165...NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 66 IN NORTHERN POSEY COUNTY. ALSO

REPORTED...WAS FLOODING ALONG INTERSTATE 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS

18 AND 25. WATER WAS REPORTEDLY AS DEEP AS 2 FEET IN SOME SPOTS.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO BE ORIENTED FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL AND RESULT

IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION. FLOODING IS DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE

AT NIGHT. IF YOU COME ACROSS A ROAD THAT IS WATER COVERED...DO NOT

TRY TO CROSS. IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY

TO HIGHER GROUND. 



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