Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1030 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

...THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE DANGEROUSLY HIGH ACROSS THE TRI STATE
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES ACROSS THE REGION.  THIS LETHAL
COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE THE TEMPERATURE
IS BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES.

TRY TO CURTAIL OUTSIDE ACTIVITES TODAY.  IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...TAKE
FREQUENT BREAKS.  DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.  WEAR LIGHT
COLORED...LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING.  DO NOT OVER-EXERT YOURSELF.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.  THIS MAY
BRING TEMPORARY RELIEF TO THE HEAT...BUT IT WILL STILL BE VERY HUMID.
WHEN THE RAIN ENDS...TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN RISE AND HEAT INDICES
WILL BE DANGEROUSLY HIGH.  ONCE AGAIN...IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE
TODAY...TRY TO PACE YOURSELF.  PROLONGED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TODAY
COULD RESULT IN SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
AND WEATHER UPDATES.

HUMPHREY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1205 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER MUCH OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AT
NOON.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM 25 TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF
EVANSVILLE JUST SOUTH OF CORYDON AND BETWEEN DIXON AND MADISONVILLE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAIN GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL. THERE WILL BE SOME LOCAL
URBAN AND LOW LAND FLOODING WITH THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. VISIBILITY WILL
BE NEAR ZERO IN THE HEAVIER RAIN ALONG THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY AND WESTERN
KENTUCKY PARKWAY AROUND MADISONVILLE.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1243 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

AT 1230 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWENSBORO...NEAR
DAWSON SPRINGS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS WITH POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE AREA AROUND THE WESTERN KENTUCKY
AND PENNYRILE PARKWAY COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE KENTUCKY TENNESSEE BORDER AND EXTENDED
TO 40 MILES WEST OF NASHVILLE.

SHOWERS WERE ALSO IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS TO
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PADUCAH.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
NIEMEIER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
217 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ON AUG 10 1992

145 PM CDT...TREES BLOWN DOWN BETWEEN GUTHRIE AND TRENTON KENTUCKY
             IN TODD COUNTY. REPORTED BY DOT COUNTY PERSONNEL.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
225 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

ADDITION TO STORM REPORT FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ON AUG 8 1992

835 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON GARY LANE SOUTH OF HOPKINSVILLE
             KENTUCKY IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY BY DES COORDINATOR.

840 AM CDT...TOPS OUT OF LARGE TREES  NORTHEAST OF FAIRVIEW KENTUCKY...
             CHRISTIAN COUNTY BY DES.

915 AM CDT...TREES DOWN NORTHEAST OF
SHARON GROVE KENTUCKY IN TODD COUNTY
             BY ASCS OFFICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
220 PM CDT MON AUG 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS OVER PARTS OF WEST KENTUCKY
THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 215 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR AT PADUCAH SHOWED AN AREA OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER PARTS OF WEST KENTUCKY.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MARSHALL COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF
BENTON...ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF PADUCAH AND ALONG THE LYON...CALDWELL
COUNTY BORDER ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF PRINCTON...35 MILES EAST OF
PADUCAH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THE STORMS THAT HAVE PASSED OVER THE REGION HAVE DUMPED AS MUCH
AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN...CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW
LYING AREAS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STRONG STORMS WILL ADD
THE PROBLEM.

IF RISING WATER THREATENS...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDEATLY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH hWATER COVERED
ROADWAYS...THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
DAO