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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

340 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN KENTUCKY

     MCCREARY...WAYNE...BELL...KNOX AND WHITLEY



AT 329 PM EDT(229 PM CDT) WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS 

ARE FOLLOWING ONE AFTER THE OTHER AND EACH STORM IS PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS SEEN BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER 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.



KEEP INFORMED ON THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS BY LISTENING TO NOAA 

WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE.  IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED 

...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND REQUEST THAT THEY 

PASS YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY.



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