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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

748 AM EST WED MAR 20 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR MERCER AND

BOYLE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WASHINGTON AND LARUE

COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL

KENTUCKY...



AT 745 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVIER RAINS WERE BEGINNING 

TO MOVE OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL 

SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL WILL STILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THESE COUNTIES...WITH NUMEROUS SMALL 

STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THE BANKS...AND SOME ROADS CLOSED AT THIS 

TIME DUE TO HIGH WATER. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THESE 

COUNTIES WILL BE EXTENDED THIS MORNING.



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.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

LOUISVILLE.



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