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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1032 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2001



...WATER PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG KENTUCKY/S

BORDERS...



HEAVY RAIN ALONG KENTUCKY/S BORDERS WITH TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA IS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADVISORY WILL NOT ONLY

UPDATE THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY...BUT ALSO SERVES TO EXTEND THE URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY IN AREAL COVERAGE AND PROLONG THE ADVISORY

IN TIME AS WELL.



THIS UPDATED AND AMENDED ADVISORY INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SOMERSET...

LONDON...MANCHESTER...HAZARD...HINDMAN...PRESTONSBURG...

PAINTSVILLE...PIKEVILLE...WHITESBURG...HARLAN...MIDDLESBORO...

CORBIN...WHITLEY CITY...AND MONTICELLO. IT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

800 PM FRIDAY.



LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL KEEP EASTERN

KENTUCKY VERY WET. ADDITIONAL RAIN FALLING ON PREVIOUSLY SATURATED

SOILS AND IN STEEP TERRAIN WILL ENHANCE THE RUNOFF FROM THIS WET

WEATHER PATTERN. STREAM LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON

AND REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FEW

STREAMS RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT

ANTICIPATED.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN NOON AND 600 PM COULD RANGE FROM 0.50 TO

1.50 INCHES. THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE 1 TO 2 INCHES THAT

FELL WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.



THE SAVING GRACE TO THIS SYSTEM IS THAT COLD AIR WILL GRADUALLY

FILTER INTO THE AREA. AS THIS OCCURS...THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO

CHANGE OVER TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW.

THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SLEET SHOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE THIS

AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...ALLOWING THE ADVISORY AREA TO

REMAIN IN THE RAIN FOR MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS.



THE CHANGE FROM SLEET TO SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AFTER SUNDOWN.

ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL SLOW DOWN AND EVENTUALLY STOP THE RUNOFF.

SOME AREAS COULD SEE AS MUCH AS TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW BY THE

TIME THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES SATURDAY EVENING.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER BRIDGES COULD BECOME COVERED

WITH WATER EVEN THOUGH THE STREAM ITSELF IS WELL WITHIN ITS BANKS.

THESE LOW WATER CROSSINGS CAN QUICKLY BECOME KILLERS...SO AVOID THEM

AT ALL COSTS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATION...FOR ANY UPDATES TO THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.



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