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WGUS53 KPAH 040010

FFWPAH

KYC033-107-177-040315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

709 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...

  MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.



* AT 709 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. ADDITIONAL STRONG 

TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WILL PRODUCE 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WITH RATES FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR 

POSSIBLE. 



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3710 8795 3703 8782 3714 8767 3719 8740

      3710 8716 3728 8704 3747 8742 3724 8803



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