804  
WGUS83 KPAH 051602  
FLSPAH  
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KENTUCKY  
1102 AM CDT SAT JUL 05 2008  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE BIG MUDDY  
RIVER IN ILLINOIS...AFFECTING AREAS NEAR MURPHYSBORO  
 
.RIVER LEVELS WILL FALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL  
DAYS, WITH MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END DURING  
THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.  
 
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/  
 
ILC077-062002-  
/O.EXT.KPAH.FL.W.0097.000000T0000Z-080711T0600Z/  
/MURI2.1.ER.080618T1900Z.080702T2115Z.080710T0600Z.NO/  
1102 AM CDT SAT JUL 05 2008  
   
..FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
 
THE FLOOD  
WARNING CONTINUES FOR  
THE BIG MUDDY RIVER NEAR MURPHYSBORO.  
* UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.  
* AT 9:45 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.1 FEET.  
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.  
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  
* IMPACT...AT 24.0 FEET...SOME MINOR FLOODING AFFECTS HOUSES JUST  
DOWNSTREAM OF BRIDGE STREET IN MURPHYSBORO.  
 

 
 
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