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WGUS73 KLMK 190104

FFSLMK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

851 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008



INC019-025-037-043-061-077-117-123-143-175-KYC103-185-223-190245-

/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080319T0245Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

JEFFERSON IN-SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN-ORANGE IN-CLARK IN-DUBOIS IN-

CRAWFORD IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-PERRY IN-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-

OLDHAM KY-

851 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING OR FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA NEAR A 

STREAM OR CREEK...EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND TONIGHT.  



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT/945 PM

CDT/ FOR 



OLDHAM...HENRY...TRIMBLE...PERRY...FLOYD...HARRISON...

CRAWFORD...DUBOIS...CLARK...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...SCOTT AND JEFFERSON

COUNTIES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO              

SCOTTSBURG...PAOLI...MADISON...NEW CASTLE...BEDFORD...SALEM   

...JASPER...TELL CITY...CORYDON...ENGLISH...NEW ALBANY...  

JEFFERSONVILLE...BEDFORD...LAGRANGE AND NEW CASTLE.



AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED     

TO INDICATE MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL 

UPSTREAM ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. RAIN AND 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRAINING NORTHEAST AND WILL PRODUCE 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS 

EVENING. 



SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN DUBOIS...CRAWFORD...SCOTT AND 

FLOYD COUNTIES DUE TO FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE 

EXPECTED ALL ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES AS RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO  

ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR CONTINUE.  



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 





LAT...LON 3831 8542 3839 8564 3826 8585 3799 8605

      3820 8636 3787 8664 3800 8683 3818 8681

      3831 8709 3849 8708 3853 8672 3868 8670

      3870 8634 3879 8617 3873 8588 3893 8536

      3892 8520 3871 8520 3873 8531 3842 8491

TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 180DEG 0KT 3843 8605



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000 

WGUS73 KLMK 190104

FFSLMK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

851 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008



INC019-025-037-043-061-077-117-123-143-175-KYC103-185-223-190245-

/O.CON.KLMK.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080319T0245Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

JEFFERSON IN-SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN-ORANGE IN-CLARK IN-DUBOIS IN-

CRAWFORD IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-PERRY IN-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-

OLDHAM KY-

851 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING OR FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA NEAR A 

STREAM OR CREEK...EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND TONIGHT.  



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT/945 PM

CDT/ FOR 



OLDHAM...HENRY...TRIMBLE...PERRY...FLOYD...HARRISON...

CRAWFORD...DUBOIS...CLARK...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...SCOTT AND JEFFERSON

COUNTIES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO              

SCOTTSBURG...PAOLI...MADISON...NEW CASTLE...BEDFORD...SALEM   

...JASPER...TELL CITY...CORYDON...ENGLISH...NEW ALBANY...  

JEFFERSONVILLE...BEDFORD...LAGRANGE AND NEW CASTLE.



AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED     

TO INDICATE MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL 

UPSTREAM ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. RAIN AND 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRAINING NORTHEAST AND WILL PRODUCE 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS 

EVENING. 



SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN DUBOIS...CRAWFORD...SCOTT AND 

FLOYD COUNTIES DUE TO FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE 

EXPECTED ALL ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES AS RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO  

ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR CONTINUE.  



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 





LAT...LON 3831 8542 3839 8564 3826 8585 3799 8605

      3820 8636 3787 8664 3800 8683 3818 8681

      3831 8709 3849 8708 3853 8672 3868 8670

      3870 8634 3879 8617 3873 8588 3893 8536

      3892 8520 3871 8520 3873 8531 3842 8491

TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 180DEG 0KT 3843 8605



$$



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