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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

555 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL 

COUNTIES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 AM THIS TUESDAY MORNING...



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN JACKSON KENTUCKY INDICATES THAT VERY

HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING OVER A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE 

STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER 

A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS RAIN COUPLED WITH THE 

RAIN RECEIVED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME RUNOFF 

PROBLEMS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...RURAL 

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 AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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