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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

946 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

  MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

  MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

  LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT.



* AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE TRACKING OVER THE SAME 

AREAS THAT ALREADY RECEIVED RAINFALL...THEREFORE FLOODING IS LIKELY 

IN SOME AREAS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3705 8726 3715 8734 3715 8768 3698 8777

      3687 8816 3705 8831 3707 8856 3713 8843

      3728 8851 3741 8845 3754 8802 3747 8795

      3764 8774 3768 8742 3756 8705 3733 8713

      3737 8709 3722 8690 3713 8690 3711 8690

TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 180DEG 0KT 3723 8831



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