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WGUS53 KPAH 261349

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KYC107-261545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

850 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT.



* AT 845 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

PROBLEMS ACROSS MADISONVILLE...AND OTHER PORTIONS OF HOPKINS 

COUNTY...DUE TO ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE BEEN 

MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE COUNTY.  ONE AND A HALF FEET OF 

WATER WAS OVER THE MAIN ROAD IN MADISONVILLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NEBO...MADISONVILLE AND HANSON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE 

COUNTY.



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.



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 3735 8782 3720 8777 3711 8753 3736 8732

      3756 8737



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