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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

655 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



    PERRY...FLOYD...BELL...HARLAN...KNOTT...PIKE...LESLIE AND LETCHER



A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE OVER 

SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. SOME AREAS HAVE SEEN AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...THE HEAVY RUNOFF WILL PUSH STREAMS 

AND DITCHES TO BANK-FULL MAKING NUISANCE FLOODING A POSSIBILITY 

THROUGH 11 PM EDT. 



THE WEATHER SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL PULL 

EAST OF THE STATE TOWARD MIDNIGHT. UNTIL THEN...THOUGH BE ON THE 

LOOKOUT FOR POTENTIAL HIGH WATER PROBLEMS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF STORM WILL CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...NUISANCE 

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THAT ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE RAIN COULD ALSO TRIGGER SMALL ROCK AND 

MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 



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 OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR 

FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 



GREIF

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