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WGUS73 KPAH 221630

FFSPAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1130 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008



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CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-

1130 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR CAPE

GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...



AT 1124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PARTICULARLY IN 

NORTHERN CAPE COUNTY...WHERE MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN HAS FALLEN. 

EVEN AS RAINFALL WANES AND MOVES OUT...IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE 

FOR HIGHER WATERS TO RECED. THEREFORE THE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 1245 PM.



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 3758 8986 3756 8954 3737 8943 3734 8951

      3726 8952 3714 8986



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