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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1057 PM EST THU FEB 15 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH 1100 PM 

FRIDAY. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:





BATH         BELL         BREATHITT      CLAY

ELLIOTT      ESTILL       FLEMING        FLOYD

HARLAN       JACKSON      JOHNSON        KNOTT

KNOX         LAUREL       LEE            LESLIE

LETCHER      MAGOFFIN     MARTIN         MCCREARY

MENIFEE      MONTGOMERY   MORGAN         OWSLEY

PERRY        PIKE         POWELL         PULASKI

ROCKCASTLE   ROWAN        WAYNE          WHITLEY

WOLFE



A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR 

RAIN ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SEVERAL WAVES OF 

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND 

THESE WILL SERVE TO ENHANCE THE RAINFALL.  



THE MAIN THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE DURING THE 

DAY ON FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY FROM FROM LATE MORNING UNTIL EARLY 

EVENING.   



RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM OVERNIGHT THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD 

GENERALLY BE ONE-QUARTER INCH OR LESS. DURING THE DAY 

FRIDAY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES. WITH 

THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED THE RAIN WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY AND CAUSE 

RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS. ROCK AND MUD SLIDES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN. 



RIVER FLOODING COULD ALSO DEVELOP ON FRIDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO 

FOUR INCHES.



EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS MANY LOW WATER BRIDGES. MANY OF THESE ARE 

LIKELY ALREADY UNDER WATER. AVOID THESE KILLERS AT ALL COSTS. FIND 

AND USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



EVERYONE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. UTILIZE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA

OUTLETS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS ONGOING SITUATION.





SBH

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