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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1120 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

330 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN KENTUCKY...

     MONTGOMERY...FLEMING...POWELL...ELLIOTT...MENIFEE...BATH...

MORGAN AND ROWAN



AT 1015 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE

CROSSING THE SAME AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND

THREE INCHES OF RAIN AND WILL ACCUMULATE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH

OF RAIN BEFORE THE SHOWERS MOVE SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL WEATHER SOURCE FOR

UPDATES TO THIS SITUATION.



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