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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...CORRECTION TO INCLUDE COUNTIES

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

536 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2001



...PROBLEMS WITH HIGH WATER COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 

EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... 



RAIN ALONG THE KENTUCKY BORDERS WITH TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. THIS ADVISORY SERVES TO 

EXTEND THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY IN AREAL COVERAGE AND 

PROLONG THE ADVISORY IN TIME AS WELL.



THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY EVENING:



         BELL                CLAY                FLOYD

         HARLAN              KNOTT               KNOX

         LAUREL              LESLIE              LETCHER

         MCCREARY            PERRY               PIKE

         PULASKI             WAYNE               WHITLEY



THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SOMERSET...LONDON...MANCHESTER...

HAZARD...HINDMAN...PRESTONSBURG...PAINTSVILLE...PIKEVILLE...

WHITESBURG...HARLAN...MIDDLESBORO...CORBIN...WHITLEY CITY...AND 

MONTICELLO. 



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

ANTICIPATED.



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 

LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING AND END TO WATER RUNNING OFF INTO 

STREAMS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER BRIDGES COULD BE COVERED

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

THESE LOW WATER CROSSINGS CAN QUICKLY BECOME KILLERS...AND SHOULD 

NEVER BE CROSSED IF WATER IS FLOWING OVER THEM.



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

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



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