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WGUS73 KPAH 200015

FFSPAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

709 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005



KYC033-107-200215-

HOPKINS KY-CALDWELL KY-

709 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CALDWELL AND

HOPKINS COUNTIES...



AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT TWO AND A HALF TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN NEAR THE 

CALDWELL AND HOPKINS COUNTY BORDERS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH 

PROMPTED THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY MID EVENING.  

HOWEVER THE SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE TRADEWATER RIVER 

AND ITS TRIBUTARIES CAVE CREEK AND SUGAR CREEK.  LOCATIONS 

DOWNSTREAM OF THE HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE TRADEWATER RIVER SHOULD 

REMAIN VERY CAUTIOUS OF POTENTIALLY FAST RIVER RISES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 

FARMERSVILLE...CRESWELL...BEULAH...MORTONS GAP...FRYER...OLNEY...AND 

EARLINGTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

TRIBUTARIES OF THE TRADEWATER RIVER...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3715 8802 3704 8789 3708 8772 3716 8769

      3712 8754 3715 8740 3750 8742 3734 8785

      3724 8803



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