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RWUS32 KJKL 280040

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KYC133-280330-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

834 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED AN URBAN

AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...LETCHER.



DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN 

LESLIE AND SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTIES HAVE PRODUCED NEARLY TWO INCHES 

OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR AND ARE SLOWLY MOVING EAST INTO LETCHER 

COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED 

WITH THESE STORMS OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 



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 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 AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/JKL

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