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WGUS43 KPAH 171533
FLWPAH
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KENTUCKY
1033 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2008
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH, KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...
BIG MUDDY RIVER NEAR MURPHYSBORO AFFECTING JACKSON COUNTY
.HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
HAVE CAUSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO RISE. BACKWATER WILL CAUSE A
RISE ON THE BIG MUDDY RIVER.
SAFETY MESSAGE...
NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE. NEVER ALLOW
CHILDREN TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOOD WATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE UPDATED
FORECASTS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=PAH /LOWER CASE/
ILC077-181933-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FL.W.0102.080919T1030Z-080923T1030Z/
/MURI2.1.ER.080919T1030Z.080920T1800Z.080922T1030Z.NO/
1033 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH, KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE BIG MUDDY RIVER NEAR MURPHYSBORO.
* FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE
WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 23.3 FEET BY SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 24.0 FEET...SOME MINOR FLOODING AFFECTS HOUSES JUST
DOWNSTREAM OF BRIDGE STREET IN MURPHYSBORO.
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