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RWUS32 KJKL 240931

FFSJKL

KYZ044-241230-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

424 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002



...A CONTINUED THREAT OF HIGH WATER EXPECTED NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS 

AND IN URBAN AREAS OF FLEMING COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM...



AT 420 AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 

OCCURRING WITHIN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS QUICKLY APPROACHING FLEMING 

COUNTY.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLEMING 

COUNTY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THE 

LAST AREA OF RAIN WHICH PASSED THROUGH A FEW HOURS BEFORE.  



WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...EXPECT HEAVY RAIN TO MOVE INTO THE 

AREA...PRODUCING GENERALLY ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN PER 

HOUR...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER 

STORMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING 

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

RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEPER 

TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING SUCH AS 

RECENTLY CLEAR CUT AREAS.



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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