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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1000 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT EDT FOR 

LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



FLOODING CONTINUES OVER MANY PARTS OF LINCOLN COUNTY AT 950 PM EDT.



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDE...



FIVE FAMILIES EVACUATED FROM A TRAILER PARK NORTH OF MORELAND NEAR 

THE BOYLE/LINCOLN COUNTY LINE.



IN STANFORD...PART OF GOSHEN ROAD IS UNDER THREE FEET OF WATER.



NEAR MCKINNEY...PART OF HIGHWAY 698 IS UNDER ONE FOOT OF WATER.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE FLOODING ACROSS MANY AREAS OF LINCOLN  

COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED

ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE

WATER. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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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