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WGUS73 KPAH 232109

FFSPAH

ILC003-MOC201-232230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

405 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALEXANDER AND SCOTT 

COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...



AT 400 PM CDT(400 PM EST)...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FROM 3 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 

COMMERCE AND WILLARD THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAINFALL WAS SLOWLY 

DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY AND MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AT THIS TIME. 

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR...AND CREEKS 

AND STREAMS WILL CONTAIN RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER FOR A WHILE. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF WATER PONDING ON...OR RUNNING ACROSS 

ROADWAYS.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE THEBES...BENTON...BLODGETT...COMMERCE...  

HAY-WOOD CITY...KELSO...LAMBERT...MORLEY AND ORAN



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.



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