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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

617 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002



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

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



AT 615 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH INTENSE RAINFALL CONTINUING TO TRAIN INTO MADISON COUNTY 

KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES FROM 1.5 

TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR LIKELY. 



SINCE ABOUT 200 PM EDT...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MADISON COUNTY...WITH 

AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART. 



AREAS FROM JUST SOUTH OF RICHMOND, TO KINGSTON, TO NEAR BIG HILL, 

AND THE REST OF SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY HAVE SEEN THE WORST 

RAINS. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THIS 

AREA AND THE RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL EARLY THIS EVENING.



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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