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WGUS73 KPAH 020921

FFSPAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

420 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006



ILC065-193-INC129-021030-

HAMILTON IL-WHITE IL-POSEY IN-

420 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

POSEY...WHITE AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...



AT 401 AM CDT...HEAVY RAIN HAD DIMINISHED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN NORTHERN PARTS OF THE 

WARNED AREA...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MCLEANSBORO TO CARMI...AS 

WELL AS THE AREA AROUND POSEYVILLE INDIANA. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3815 8773 3792 8772 3793 8868 3822 8868



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