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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

615 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED TWO TO THREE INCHES DURING THE     

  LATE AFTERNOON NEAR THE CALDWELL AND HOPKINS COUNTY BORDER.        

  TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SAME AREA CONTINUES AND WILL    

  DURING THE EARLY EVENING...LEADING TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE   

  INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.  A TRAINED SPOTTER HAS REPORTED FULL      

  CREEKS WITHIN THIS AREA.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF AREAS NEAR THE 

  TRADEWATER RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES CAVE CREEK AND SUGAR CREEK.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CRESWELL...BEULAH...NEBO...MORTONS

  GAP...MADISONVILLE...DAWSON SPRINGS...HANSON...EARLINGTON AND      

  FARMERSVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PADUCAH.



LAT...LON 3715 8802 3704 8789 3708 8772 3716 8769

      3712 8754 3715 8740 3750 8742 3734 8785

      3724 8803



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