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WGUS73 KPAH 170529

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ILC185-INC051-163-KYC101-170645-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1230 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR VANDERBURGH AND GIBSON COUNTIES 

IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WABASH COUNTY ILLINOIS UNTIL 145 AM...



A POTENTIALLY MAJOR FLASH FLOOD EVENT IS IN PROGRESS IN EVANSVILLE 

AND VANDERBURGH COUNTY. AT 1210 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WERE 

RECEIVING NUMEROUS CALLS FOR FLOOD RELATED PROBLEMS IN THE 

EVANSVILLE AREA. SOME ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE. AT THE EVANSVILLE 

AIRPORT...1.5 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN 90 MINUTES. RADAR 

INDICATED CONSIDERABLY HEAVIER RAIN OVER THE CITY OF EVANSVILLE AND 

WESTERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY...WITH AROUND 3 INCHES ESTIMATED THERE.



OVER WABASH AND GIBSON COUNTIES...THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL FROM AROUND 

MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS...TO WEST OF FORT BRANCH INDIANA. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LOTS OF STREET FLOODING...BUT ONLY A COUPLE OF 

IMPASSABLE ROADS. 



RADAR INDICATES POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE 

WABASH VALLEY...THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE METRO 

AREA. THIS COULD RESULT IN WELL OVER AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL...CAUSING POTENTIALLY MAJOR FLASH FLOODING. 



PERSONS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA SHOULD AVOID TRAVELLING 

THROUGH HIGH WATER. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE 

READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND ON LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE.



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