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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

756 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN WHITLEY COUNTY KENTUCKY.



AT 745 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN WHITLEY COUNTY...SLOWLY MOVING

SOUTHEAST...PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES SINCE

630 AM.



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.



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.

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