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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

604 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 900 AM EDT.



FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...ROCKCASTLE.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

PASS OVER THE AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR HAS 

INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS 

WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF OTTOWA...BEE 

LICK AND BROADHEAD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD SLIDES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY.



TO REPORT FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON KY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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