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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

138 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT WEDNESDAY 

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN KENTUCKY...

     CLAY...KNOX AND LAUREL...



AT 128 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. RADAR AND RAIN 

GAUGES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER PARTS OF CLAY AND LAUREL COUNTIES. THE 

STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS 

LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



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 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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR

LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 

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