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WGUS73 KPAH 040412

FFSPAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1112 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



ILC047-059-065-069-127-151-165-185-191-193-INC051-129-163-KYC101-225-

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MASSAC IL-POPE IL-HARDIN IL-SALINE IL-GALLATIN IL-HAMILTON IL-

WHITE IL-WABASH IL-EDWARDS IL-WAYNE IL-VANDERBURGH IN-GIBSON IN-

POSEY IN-HENDERSON KY-UNION KY-

1112 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR WAYNE

AND HAMILTON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND EDWARDS...

WABASH AND WHITE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND GALLATIN...

SALINE...HARDIN...POPE AND MASSAC COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND

POSEY...GIBSON AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND

UNION AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...



AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND 

INTO THE WARNED AREA.  



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS 

EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



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 3858 8766 3851 8765 3842 8773 3852 8748

      3838 8732 3821 8732 3820 8747 3794 8746

      3778 8728 3767 8743 3764 8774 3747 8795

      3754 8802 3741 8845 3707 8850 3722 8893

      3734 8891 3734 8872 3861 8870

TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 180DEG 0KT 3842 8849



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