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WGUS73 KPAH 290239

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

939 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005



INC129-163-290330-

VANDERBURGH IN-POSEY IN-

939 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR POSEY AND

VANDERBURGH COUNTIES...



AT 925 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

ALONG HIGHWAY 62 NEAR THE POSEY-VANDERBURGH COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON ON OLD HIGHWAY 69. 

8 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS. 

WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST 

HOUR...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING... 

ESPECIALLY OVER POSEY COUNTY...WHICH WILL ONLY SERVE TO PROLONG THE 

FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEST FRANKLIN...HEUSLER...ST   

PHILIP...CYPRESS...KASSON...CABORN...SOLITUDE...AND NEW HARMONY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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 3820 8770 3817 8769 3817 8748 3796 8746

      3799 8758 3794 8763 3786 8761 3785 8765

      3792 8768 3789 8781 3794 8790 3780 8795

      3782 8804 3782 8804 3785 8801 3789 8806

      3804 8802 3804 8803 3816 8791 3823 8795



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