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DescriptionSmithlandkyflood1997.jpg	English: The Ohio River Flood of 1997, Paducah, KY.
Date	1997
Source	The Ohio River Flood of 1997. NOAA's National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office. Archived from the original on 2006-02-27.
Author	NOAA's National Weather Service

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11:28, 7 August 2006	467 × 300 (189,749 bytes)	w:en:Thegreatdr (talk \| contribs)	National Weather Service, Paducah, KY. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/storm/flood.php

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