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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

846 AM EST FRI FEB 16 2001



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



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WAS POSTED ON THURSDAY FOR

A PORTION OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. THIS ADVISORY WILL NOT ONLY EXTEND THE

PREVIOUS ONE BUT WILL ALSO EXPAND ITS AREAL COVERAGE. THE ADVISORY

WILL NOW RUN UNTIL 1100 PM FRIDAY AND WILL INCLUDE 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



MANY AREAS NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND ALONG INTERSTATE 64

HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THIS ADVISORY.



MANY SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED STREAMS ARE RUNNING BANKFULL AND COULD

EVEN BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN SOME INSTANCES. ADDITIONAL RAIN TODAY

IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 0.75 TO 1.25 TO PERHAPS AS MUCH AS

1.50 INCHES. THE RUNOFF FROM TODAY/S RAIN WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO

AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR

THE SAME AREA THROUGH 1100 PM FRIDAY.



GENERAL RIVER FLOODING COULD ALSO DEVELOP TODAY AS A RESULT OF

SEVERAL DAYS OF PERSISTENT RAINS. RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES.



MANY LOW WATER BRIDGES ARE ALREADY UNDER WATER. AVOID THESE KILLERS

AT ALL COSTS. FIND AND USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. FLOODING OF A MORE

SERIOUS NATURE IS STILL A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY TODAY AND TONIGHT.



EVERYONE IS REMINDED THAT JUST BECAUSE THE RAIN ENDS DOESNT MEAN

THAT THE RUNOFF WILL END. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO PERHAPS AS

MUCH AS SEVERAL DAYS FOR THE EXCESS WATER TO DRAIN FROM THE FIELDS

AND WOODS. WATER WILL STILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO OUR RIVERS AND

STREAMS BENEATH THE GROUND...AND THIS COULD SERVE TO SLOW DOWN THE

RECESSION OF OUR STREAMS. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND

SATURDAY NIGHT WILL HELP TO SLOW THE SURFACE RUNOFF.



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. RIVER

STATEMENTS...RIVER FORECASTS...OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE

NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AND WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.



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