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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1200 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: 



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

MORGAN...WOLFE...ESTILL...MARTIN...ROWAN AND MAGOFFIN. 



THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.



A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE TO 

PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE BEST 

CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINS APPEARS TO BE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN 

PARKWAY. THE BEST TIME FOR THE HEAVY RAINS WILL MOST LIKELY BE THIS 

AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.



DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES

OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY WILL LIKELY CAUSE  

RAPID RUNOFF OF WATER CAUSING QUICK RISES IN STREAMS AND CREEKS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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