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WGUS53 KPAH 290929

FFWPAH

KYC047-219-291230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

429 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

  TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT.



* AT 420 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS...NEAR 

THE COMMUNITIES OF HOPKINSVILLE AND ALLEGRE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DRIFT 

TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SHARON GROVE...NEWSTEAD...ALLEGRE

  AND HOPKINSVILLE.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3698 8766 3704 8741 3706 8707 3687 8707

      3669 8768



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