

000 

WGUS73 KPAH 282142

FFSPAH

ILC055-065-081-191-282315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

438 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON...WAYNE...

HAMILTON...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM.



AT 435 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

ILLINOIS.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN DURING THE MID AFTERNOON ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE WARNED 

AREA.  DUE TO SATURATED GROUND...FLOODING HAS OCCURRED RAPIDLY.  

CITY OFFICIALS IN FAIRFIELD REPORTED MANY FLOODED STREETS.  

REMEMBER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS IN RURAL 

OR URBAN AREAS.



$$



FRIEDLEIN

