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WGUS73 KPAH 160330

FFSPAH

KYC105-160445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1030 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CARLISLE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM 

CDT...



AT 1015 PM...CARLISLE COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING HAD CLOSED HIGHWAY 1628 IN CUNNINGHAM CLOSE TO WILSON 

CREEK. HIGHWAY 80 WAS ALSO CLOSED IN ARLINGTON DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN 

ADDITION...NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS HAVE WATER OVER THEM AT THIS TIME.



AT 1025 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST SHOWER 

AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF 

CARLISLE COUNTY...NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF BARDWELL AND CUNNINGHAM. 

THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND OUT OF CARLISLE COUNTY 

BY 1100 PM. HOWEVER...FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY LINGER ACROSS 

THE COUNTY AFTER THE RAIN HAS ENDED.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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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