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WGUS73 KPAH 230219

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ILC151-KYC055-139-230315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

918 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN 

   ILLINOIS...AND FOR LIVINGSTON AND CRITTENDEN COUNTIES IN 

   WESTERN KENTUCKY...UNTIL 1030 PM...



AT 915 PM...PADUCAH DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG

THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...OVER SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON

COUNTY...THE SOUTHERN TIP OF POPE COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN

CRITTENDEN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN

THROUGH 1000 PM...WHICH SHOULD HELP TO OFFSET ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

HOWEVER...FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY. THERE MAY BE SOME

SMALL CREEKS OR STREAMS WITH WATER AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL...AND

WATER OVER SOME FLOOD PRONE ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL

SECTIONS OF POPE COUNTY...NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY AND 

WESTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY.



REMEMBER...DO NOT TRAVEL ACROSS A WATER COVERED ROADWAY. EVEN

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER THAT APPEARS SHALLOW CAN SWEEP A CAR OFF

THE ROAD. TURN AROUND AND USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. FLOODING IS

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE AT NIGHT AS WELL...SO USE EXTREME CAUTION.



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