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RWUS32 KSDF 022036

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KYZ057-022330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

434 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR MADISON

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



AT 430 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED INTENSE RAINS 

CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF MADISON COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN 

ESTIMATED AT 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...FROM JUST SOUTH OF RICHMOND 

TOWARDS DULUTH AND DREYFUSS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS SITUATION 

AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY THROUGH 730 PM EDT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE 

SOUTHERN HALF OF MADISON COUNTY...AS MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF MADISON COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING 

EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSESS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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