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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

733 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FRIDAY 

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN KENTUCKY...

     JACKSON...ROCKCASTLE AND ESTILL...



AT 725 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

WAS FALLING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION. RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF ROCKCASTLE...ESTILL AND JACKSON

COUNTIES. THE RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN A LOCALIZED AREA ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF MCKEE. ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 11 

PM...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF 

AN INCH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER 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.



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