Wednesday, March 19, 2008

West kY not as bad as expected

Still some flooding of low water crossings andi soalted to scatered flooding being reproted. An inch maype loclaly 1.5 inch more is expected to bring rainfall amounts of 2-5 inches total in West KY. Here is the warning
FLOOD WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY600 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008ILC003-047-055-059-065-069-077-081-087-127-145-151-153-165-181-185-191-193-199-INC051-125-129-147-163-173-KYC007-033-039-055-059-075-083-101-105-107-139-143-145-149-157-225-233-MOC017-023-031-035-133-143-157-181-201-207-223-191700-PULASKI IL-ALEXANDER IL-MASSAC IL-JOHNSON IL-UNION IL-POPE IL-HARDIN IL-WILLIAMSON IL-SALINE IL-GALLATIN IL-JACKSON IL-FRANKLIN IL-PERRY IL-HAMILTON IL-WHITE IL-JEFFERSON IL-WABASH IL-EDWARDS IL-WAYNE IL-VANDERBURGH IN-PIKE IN-GIBSON IN-WARRICK IN-SPENCER IN-POSEY IN-HENDERSON KY-DAVIESS KY-UNION KY-MCLEAN KY-WEBSTER KY-HOPKINS KY-CRITTENDEN KY-LIVINGSTON KY-CALDWELL KY-BALLARD KY-MCCRACKEN KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-CARLISLE KY-GRAVES KY-HICKMAN KY-STODDARD MO-SCOTT MO-WAYNE MO-BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARTER MO-PERRY MO-MISSISSIPPI MO-BUTLER MO-NEW MADRID MO-RIPLEY MO-FULTON KY-600 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS EXTENDED THE* FLOOD WARNING FOR... DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY* UNTIL NOON CDT.* AT 600 AM CDT...WIDESPREAD FLOODING PERSISTED ACROSS MUCH OFSOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND TOA LESSER EXTENT IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. RADAR ESTIMATES AND REPORTSFROM OBSERVERS INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HASFALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. WHILETHE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHTER AND MUCH MORE INTERMITTENTTODAY...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ACT TO EXACERBATE AN ALREADYSERIOUS SITUATION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TOREMAIN BELOW ONE INCH.MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTOAREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLYDEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFULENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODEDROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.LAT...LON 3639 8997 3663 8996 3649 9113 3708 9122 3731 9015 3782 9001 3781 8969 3821 8959 3821 8916 3847 8914 3855 8719 3821 8708 3820 8680 3793 8699 3768 8683 3716 8733 3676 8847 3650 8850 3650 8952 3636 8955TIME...MOT...LOC 1052Z 180DEG 0KT 3758 8903$$RJP/DLL

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