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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1220 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2001



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

FLEMING...BATH...ROWAN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM THIS

FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE EFFECTED INCLUDE: MOUNT 

STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...FLEMINGSBURG AND MOREHEAD. 



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN JACKSON KENTUCKY INDICATES THAT VERY HEAVY 

RAINS ARE FALLING OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY EARLY 

THIS AFTERNOON. THE AREAS SEEING THE MOST RAIN FOR THE PAST FEW 

HOURS HAVE BEEN NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF I-64. 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. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE 

AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME RUNOFF 

PROBLEMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. 



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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