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WGUS73 KPAH 140653

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

153 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES 

UNTIL 315 AM CDT...



AT 150 AM CDT...THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS HAD MOVED EAST OF CARTER AND 

RIPLEY COUNTIES...AND LINGERING LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER 

OFF THROUGH 3 AM.  CREEKS ACROSS RIPLEY COUNTY ARE REPORTED TO BE 

BANKFULL...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.

HOWEVER...SINCE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED...ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS 

WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING.



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. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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