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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

121 AM CST MON MAR 28 2005



MOC143-201-207-280900-

SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-NEW MADRID MO-

121 AM CST MON MAR 28 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR NEW MADRID...

STODDARD AND SCOTT COUNTIES...



AT 120 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS 

NEW MADRID AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES 

UP TO AN INCH ARE STILL POSSIBLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SIKESTON...ORAN...MORLEY...

MOREHOUSE...MATTHEWS...KELSO...HAY-WOOD CITY...FISK...ESSEX...

DUDLEY...DEXTER...CANALOU...BLOOMFIELD...BENTON AND BELL CITY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3682 9023 3666 9017 3664 8992 3642 8991

      3642 8959 3656 8956 3665 8942 3682 8959

      3693 8954 3707 8945 3723 8955



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