THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 255 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PADUCAH, LA CENTER, WICKLIFFE, LONE OAK, REIDLAND, BARLOW, BARKLEY
REGIONAL AIRPORT, WEST PADUCAH, LOVELACEVILLE, KEVIL AND
BLANDVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA.
THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
CALDWELL, CALLOWAY, GRAVES, LYON, MARSHALL, MCCRACKEN, AND
TRIGG.
* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED, WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY.
* HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS, AND ULTIMATELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING COULD
OCCUR ON SMALLER CREEKS, STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.
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.
&&
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALLOWAY...MARSHALL...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCRACKEN AND GRAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 307 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LONE OAK TO NEAR LATHAM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PADUCAH, MURRAY, MAYFIELD, BENTON, CALVERT CITY, REIDLAND, LONE OAK,
LYNNVILLE, SEDALIA, WINGO, HARDIN, HAZEL, WATER VALLEY, LOWES, NEW
CONCORD, FANCY FARM, KIRKSEY, BREWERS, AURORA AND DUKEDOM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
