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FFSPAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

335 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009



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PERRY IL-JEFFERSON IL-WAYNE IL-

335 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN WAYNE...JEFFERSON AND PERRY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL

ILLINOIS...



AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER...A LARGE AREA OF 

MODERATE RAIN WAS OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN THE PAST TWO HOURS... 

PRIMARILY NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTIES IN THE WARNING RECEIVED 

ONE AND ONE HALF...TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE WOODLAWN...WAYNE CITY...MOUNT

VERNON...CISNE AND BLUFORD.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

PADUCAH.



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LAT...LON 3835 8837 3827 8870 3813 8913 3796 8925

      3796 8958 3822 8959 3822 8917 3846 8915

      3848 8912 3848 8871 3861 8870 3861 8837



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