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WGUS73 KPAH 170747

FFSPAH

ILC047-185-INC051-129-163-170945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

241 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR 



  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA



UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



AT 240 AM CDT...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHEAST REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME 

LOCATIONS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY IN 

PORTIONS OF GIBSON...POSEY AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN INDIANA. WITH 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN THE WABASH RIVER VALLEY... 

ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE WABASH RIVER 

VALLEY SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE EVANSVILLE AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

HOURS. 



NUMEROUS ROADS ARE REPORTED UNDERWATER IN VANDERBURGH 

COUNTY...AND UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF STRANDED MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED. 



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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