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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

500 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001



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



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH

BOTH CONTINUE THROUGH 11 PM FRIDAY EVENING FOR MOST OF EASTERN

KENTUCKY. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE COVERED BY THE ADVISORY AND

WATCH:



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



RAINFALL DURING THE DAY FRIDAY RANGED FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH

OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS TOPPING AN INCH

AND A QUARTER. THIS RAIN HAS KEPT SMALL STREAMS RUNNING HIGH...AND

IN SOME PLACES OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM

NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. RAINFALL AFTER 5 PM FRIDAY

WILL LIKELY AVERAGE FROM AROUND A HALF INCH NORTHWEST OF A

LINE FROM STANTON TO FRENCHBURG TO WEST LIBERTY TO SANDY HOOK.

SOUTH OF THIS LINE...HEADING TOWARD THE VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE

BORDERS...RAINFALL WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE HEAVIER...WITH A HALF

INCH TO AN INCH EXPECTED AFTER 5 PM FRIDAY.



WITH THE GROUND SATURATED...MOST OF THIS RAINFALL WILL RUN INTO

STREAMS...WITH FLOODING STILL A POSSIBILITY. IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED...GO TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO CROSS FLOWING FLOOD

WATER. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE OR FIND A PLACE TO WAIT OUT THIS

EPISODE OF WET WEATHER UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



IN ADDITION TO SMALL STREAM FLOODING...MANY RIVERS ARE ALSO RUNNING

HIGH. AS WATER IN SMALL STREAMS EVENTUALLY RECEDES...THE WATER WILL

CONTINUE TO DRAIN INTO THE RIVERS. INFORMATION ON FORECAST RIVER

STAGES CAN BE FOUND IN RIVER STATEMENTS.



CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE VIA NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS.



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