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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

845 AM EST THU FEB 15 2001



...RUNOFF PROBLEMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO WORSEN TODAY...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS

GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND TO THE SOUTH

OF HIGHWAY 80 RUNNING BETWEEN SALYERSVILLE AND PIKEVILLE. A FEW

CITIES INCLUDED ALONG THE NORTHERN FLANK OF THE ADVISORY ARE

STANTON...CLAY CITY...CAMPTON...JACKSON...SALYERSVILLE...

PRESTONSBURG...AND PIKEVILLE. THE ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT

THROUGH 900 AM FRIDAY AND MAY BE EXTENDED OR EXPANDED.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SEVERAL BANDS OF 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES OF

RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.

A FEW COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS INCLUDE:



BIG CREEK     CLAY COUNTY       2.00

FEDSCREEK     PIKE COUNTY       1.20

LONGS CREEK   BREATHITT COUNTY  1.29

ONEIDA        CLAY COUNTY       1.65

JACKSON 3S    BREATHITT COUNTY  1.90

BOONEVILLE    OWSLEY COUNTY     1.57

HEIDELBERG    LEE COUNTY        1.67



RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN KENTUCKY TODAY...

TONIGHT...AND FRIDAY BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY NIGHT. MANY SMALL STREAMS

ARE ALREADY BANKFULL AND THE GROUND IS EXTREMELY SATURATED.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE AN EXISTING RUNOFF PROBLEM.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 700 AM TODAY AND 700 PM TODAY WILL RANGE

FROM 0.50 TO 1.0 INCHES. BETWEEN 700 PM THURSDAY AND 700 AM FRIDAY

ANOTHER 0.50 TO 1.0 INCHES IS FORECAST. RAINFALL AFTER 700 AM FRIDAY

COULD RANGE FROM 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES. MANY AREAS WILL SEE TOTAL

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY ON THE ORDER OF 3.0 TO

AS MUCH AS 5.0 INCHES.



GIVEN THE EXPECTED AMOUNT OF RAIN...FLOODING OF FIELDS AND SMALL

STREAMS WILL CONTINUE. MEDIUM SIZED STREAMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE

TO RISE...POSSIBLY OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS IN A FEW PLACES. LOW

WATER BRIDGES WILL LIKELY REMAIN IMPASSABLE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. AVOID

THESE KILLERS AT ALL COSTS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.  URBAN AREAS

SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT STORM SEWERS ARE WORKING PROPERLY AS BLOCKED

SEWERS ARE A LEADING CONTRIBUTOR TO STREET FLOODING.



FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP IF A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN FALLS IN A

SMALL AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. STEEP TERRAIN AND PROLONGED

RAINFALL COULD ALSO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS

IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH FRIDAY.



THE POTENTIAL FOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED. RIVER

LEVELS WILL ALSO BE ON THE RISE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE

LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING AND ONGOING SITUATION. IF

FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



INGRAM/MARZ

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