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WGUS71 KRLX 182001

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KYZ101-182115

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

400 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY HAS BEEN

   CANCELLED...



SMALL STREAMS IN GREENUP HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL DURING THE 

AFTERNOON...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MOST OF 

THE STREAMS IN THE COUNTY CONTINUE TO RUN VERY HIGH. SOME MINOR 

STREAM OVERFLOW CONTINUES...MAINLY INTO LOW LYING AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL NOON ON 

SATURDAY. THE GROUND IN GREENUP COUNTY IS VERY WET AND RAINFALL OF 

THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR COULD BEGIN FLASH FLOODING. 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN KENTUCKY 

AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. 



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.



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