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WGUS73 KPAH 160407

FFSPAH

KYC145-160530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1107 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCCRACKEN COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM 

CDT...



AT 1030 PM...MCCRACKEN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER 

FLOWING OVER HOUSER AND OLD MAYFIELD ROADS SOUTH OF PADUCAH.



AT 1105 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWER 

AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY STREAMING NORTH ACROSS MCCRACKEN COUNTY. 

THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE OUT OF THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH 1230 PM. UNTIL THEN...ANOTHER ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH OF 

RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. THIS WILL LIKELY BE 

ENOUGH TO EXACERBATE PROBLEMS IN ALREADY FLOODED AREAS...IN ADDITION 

TO CREATING ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS.



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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