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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

833 AM EST WED MAR 20 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM EST FOR TAYLOR AND 

GREEN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS AND CITY STREETS CLOSED IN 

BOTH TAYLOR AND GREEN COUNTIES AT THIS TIME. 



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 AM EST FOR FAYETTE...

JESSAMINE AND BOURBON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT THE INTERSECTION OF NEW CIRCLE ROAD AND 

RICHMOND ROAD IS CLOSED IN LEXINGTON...AND THE WINCHESTER ROAD EXIT 

ALONG INTERSTATE 64 IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME AS WELL. OFFICIALS FROM 

JESSAMINE COUNTY REPORT MAJOR ROADS CLOSED AT THIS TIME...INCLUDING 

A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 68. ALSO...AN INDIVIDUAL WAS BEING RESCUED WHO 

WAS TRAPPED INSIDE HER VEHICLE IN JESSAMINE COUNTY. SIX TO EIGHT 

STREETS IN THE CITY OF PARIS IN BOURBON COUNTY WERE ALSO CLOSED.



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 AM EST FOR SCOTT...

CLARK...MADISON AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



OFFICIALS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN SCOTT COUNTY AND SEVERAL 

ROADS WERE CLOSED EAST OF RICHMOND IN MADISON COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS 

WERE CLOSED IN CLARK COUNTY AND A MUD SLIDE WAS REPORTED EAST OF 

WINCHESTER. CITIZENS HAVE ALSO BEEN RESCUED FROM THEIR VEHICLES IN 

WINCHESTER ALSO. RIVER ROAD WAS CLOSED IN HARRISON COUNTY.



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE 

REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE RAINFALL 

POSSIBLE AS WELL. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED 

AREA ALSO.



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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR 

NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



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