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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
119 AM CDT SAT APR 5 2025
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR VAN BUREN
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.
* AT 119 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. 15 WATER RESCUES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN
THE CITY OF VAN BUREN. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR VAN BUREN. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
VAN BUREN, ELLSINORE, HUNTER, FREMONT AND GRANDIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3705 9073 3700 9073 3700 9071 3697 9071
3697 9070 3693 9070 3693 9068 3688 9068
3688 9066 3681 9066 3683 9122 3709 9122
3708 9111 3710 9100 3710 9096 3705 9096
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
DRS
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