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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

740 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.



FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY:



...KNOX...LAUREL...PULASKI AND WHITLEY...



DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATES THAT NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING 

INTO THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED 

WITH THESE NEWER STORMS. RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

EARLIER THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS MAY 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 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 AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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