711  
WGUS63 KPAH 191635  
FFAPAH  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
1135 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026  
 
ILZ083-085>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-200900-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.FA.A.0002.260519T1900Z-260520T1800Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
WHITE-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-  
ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-  
SPENCER-UNION KY-HENDERSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HARRISBURG, ROCKPORT, HENDERSON, HERRIN,  
METROPOLIS, PETERSBURG, CAIRO, MORGANFIELD, MOUND CITY,  
POSEYVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, CARMI, FORT BRANCH, BOONVILLE,  
JONESBORO, GOLCONDA, EVANSVILLE, SHAWNEETOWN, AND VIENNA  
1135 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026 /1235 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 2026/  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
AREAS, ALEXANDER, GALLATIN, HARDIN, JOHNSON, MASSAC, POPE,  
PULASKI, SALINE, UNION, WHITE AND WILLIAMSON, SOUTHWEST INDIANA,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, GIBSON, PIKE, POSEY, SPENCER,  
VANDERBURGH AND WARRICK, AND WESTERN KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE  
FOLLOWING AREAS, HENDERSON AND UNION KY.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 3 INCHES, PERHAPS  
LOCALIZED HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY FALL ON AREAS THAT  
ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 1.5" OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 
 
 
 
 
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