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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1000 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR:



WAYNE...MCCREARY...WHITLEY...BELL...KNOX...HARLAN...LETCHER...PERRY

AND KNOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM THIS MORNING. 



THIS ALSO REPLACES THE PREVIOUS URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MCCREARY COUNTY. 



DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 1 

INCH PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED 

COUNTIES. RADAR ALSO INDICATES NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER 

WAYNE COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS MCCREARY AND 

WHITLEY COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON 

ROADWAYS AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE TO BANKFULL 

CONDITIONS. 



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL OF ANY SIZE...OR 

WATER OUT OF STREAM BANKS OR RUNNING ACROSS ROADS HAVE THE NEAREST 

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON KY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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