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WGUS53 KPAH 271351

FFWPAH

KYC107-271645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

852 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 824 AM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED TWO INCHES OF 

WATER OVER STATE HIGHWAY 70 NEAR RICHLAND KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE 

MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH...BUT WERE REDEVELOPING OVER 

THE NORTHWEST PART OF HOPKINS COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES 

SUGGESTED NEARLY AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE STORMS 

CONTINUE TO PERSIST ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 11 AM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

NEBO...BEULAH...CHARLESTON...RICHLAND...MADISONVILLE AND EARLINGTON  

AND HANSON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3714 8764 3714 8748 3716 8734 3752 8740

      3737 8777



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