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WGUS53 KPAH 221907

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KYC145-222000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

202 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT.



* AT 158 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING FROM RECENT THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH

  THE RAIN HAS ENDED...FLOODING CONTINUES. THE MCCRACKEN COUNTY

  EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT HOUSER ROAD AT CHAMPION CREEK

  IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. BARRICADES ARE UP AROUND CROOKED 

  CREEK ON BUCKNER LANE...BUT THE WATER IS BEGINNING TO RECEDE.

  IT IS EXPECTED THAT CHAMPION CREEK SHOULD RECEDE BY 300 PM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PADUCAH



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA 

DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SCATTERED...THEY MAY 

LOCALLY CAUSE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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 3697 8880 3695 8849 3701 8850 3719 8889



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