

601 

RWUS32 KJKL 152350

FFSJKL

KYZ058-059-068-069-079-080-083>088-108>118-120-161400-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

649 PM EST THU FEB 15 2001



...SMALL STREAMS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM

FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING EAST KENTUCKY COUNTIES:



BELL...BREATHITT...CLAY...ESTILL...FLOYD...HARLAN...JACKSON...

KNOTT...KNOX...LAUREL...LEE...LESLIE...LETCHER...MCCREARY...

OWSLEY...PERRY...PIKE...POWELL...PULASKI...MAGOFFIN...ROCKCASTLE...

WAYNE...WHITLEY...AND WOLFE.



THIS IS AN AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND

ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 80 FROM SALYERSVILLE TO PIKEVILLE.



RAINFALL FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING WAS

VARIABLE...WITH MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA RECEIVING FROM THREE

QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN. LOCALIZED

AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN TWO INCHES OCCURRED. THE PERSISTENT AND

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN CAUSED SMALL STREAMS TO RUN HIGH...AND

IN SOME INSTANCES OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL LIGHT

TO MODERATE RAIN WILL FALL. AMOUNTS BETWEEN 7 PM AND 7 AM ARE

EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND A QUARTER INCH...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS

AROUND A HALF INCH. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...MOST OF

THIS RAIN WILL RUN OFF INTO STREAMS...AND WILL SERVE TO KEEP

SMALL STREAMS RUNNING HIGH.



ANYBODY TRAVELING STILL NEEDS TO BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER...

ESPECIALLY AT LOW WATER BRIDGES. IF WATER IS OBSERVED FLOWING OVER A

ROAD OR WALKWAY...FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE OR FIND A PLACE TO WAIT OUT

THE WET WEATHER UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. IT IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT

TO JUDGE THE DEPTH OF WATER AT NIGHT.



HEAVIER RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE AREA DURING THE DAY

FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONDITIONS TO WORSEN AGAIN.

FLOODING OF A MORE SERIOUS NATURE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY...AND A

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

INTO FRIDAY EVENING.



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

LATEST INFORMATION.





HAL

