Updated Flash Flood Watch for West KY

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
407 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

.HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A SERIES OF
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH A STALLED FRONT TO OUR
SOUTH.

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WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-
PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-
BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...
WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...
MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...
MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...
GREENVILLE...ELKTON...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...
VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...
CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
407 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
 MISSOURI...ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VAN BUREN AND
 MARBLE HILL MISSOURI...THROUGH MARION ILLINOIS...TO OWENSBORO
 KENTUCKY.

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL PERSIST IN
 THIS AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
 ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
 POSSIBLE. WITH SOIL CONDITIONS ALREADY SATURATED...ANY HEAVY
 RAINFALL COULD EASILY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND WORSEN ANY
 RIVER FLOODING.

THE BEST CHANCES OF FLOODING WILL COME TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY
ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE BORDERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. THOSE LOCATED IN LOW-LYING
AREAS OR NEAR STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
SHOULD WATERS BEGIN TO RISE.

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