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KYZ057-022330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

520 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002



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

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



AT 515 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING INTO MADISON COUNTY FROM THE WEST. THESE 

STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR. 

LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY HAVE ALREADY SEEN FROM 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN A THREE HOUR PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE 

FLOODING IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY 

KENTUCKY.



AT 515 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERE FLOODING WITH PEOPLE 

TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES IN THE RED LICK AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN MADISON 

COUNTY.



THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR 

QUITE SOMETIME.



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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