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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

745 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FRIDAY 

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN KENTUCKY...

     OWSLEY...POWELL...CLAY...KNOX AND LEE...



AT 735 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT IS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS 

THAN AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS 

THE REGION THROUGH 1130 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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