Flash Flood Watch for West KY thu Tue Morning

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY355 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-311000-/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.A.0002.080401T0000Z-080401T1200Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID

355 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.* FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING*

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE QUAD STATE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MONDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCAL AREAS RECEIVING UP TO 3 INCHES. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL IN JUST A FEW HOURS...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AND FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.* RECENT RAINS HAVE KEPT THE GROUND SATURATED THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE...AND WITH SOME DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ALREADY RENDERED USELESS DUE TO ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS...WATER WILL PILE UP IN A HURRY IN MANY LOCATIONS ONCE THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE MONDAY NIGHT.THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTERFLOODED ROADWAYS...AND FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES TO REACH THEIRDESTINATIONS. BY ALL MEANS...IF YOU ENCOUNTER A BARRICADE...PLEASEMAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONSHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.$$DRS