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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

615 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

EVENING FOR BELL COUNTY.



AT 610 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY IN

EASTERN BELL COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF

RAIN HAVE FALLEN JUST NORTH OF CALLAWAY IN THE LAST HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS 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 OR 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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