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WGUS73 KPAH 171039

FFSPAH

ILC047-185-INC051-129-163-171230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

538 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 700 AM CDT...



AT 533 AM CDT...RAIN HAD ENDED OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. 

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

HAS RECENTLY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. HENCE...FLOODING 

PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. 



NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED IN 

SPOTS OR CLOSED THIS MORNING...AND UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF STRANDED 

MOTORISTS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED. 



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. 



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