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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

135 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR EASTERN 

BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



AT 125 AM EDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE

ROADS ON HIGHWAY 68E...HIGHWAY 627 AND HIGHWAY 1678...ALL IN

EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN

HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY RECENTLY. 



LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW RAIN HAS FINALLY STARTED TO EASE...SO NEW 

RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE SMALL THROUGH 2 AM. HOWEVER...CREEKS AND 

STREAMS WILL TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME TO RECEDE...SO FLASH FLOODING 

SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 2 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED

ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE

WATER. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.



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