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WGUS73 KPAH 032225

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

522 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



ILC003-087-127-153-181-KYC007-145-MOC017-031-133-201-207-040015-

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PULASKI IL-ALEXANDER IL-MASSAC IL-JOHNSON IL-UNION IL-BALLARD KY-

MCCRACKEN KY-STODDARD MO-SCOTT MO-BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-

MISSISSIPPI MO-

522 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR

UNION...JOHNSON...MASSAC...ALEXANDER AND PULASKI COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN

ILLINOIS...AND MCCRACKEN AND BALLARD COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AND NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...CAPE GIRARDEAU...BOLLINGER...SCOTT AND

NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...



AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED 

EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE 

DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WILL LIKELY 

IMPACT THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BROOKPORT...

PATTON...MILLERSVILLE...DUTCHTOWN...BURFORDVILLE...VIENNA...TAMMS...

METROPOLIS...KARNAK...JONESBORO...GOREVILLE...DONGOLA...COBDEN...

ANNA...SCOTT CITY...MARBLE HILL...KELSO...JACKSON...GORDONVILLE...

DELTA...CHAFFEE AND CAPE GIRARDEAU.



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 3757 8873 3735 8873 3716 8850 3708 8856

      3697 8850 3697 9011 3756 9009

TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 180DEG 0KT 3713 8978



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