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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1205 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR CASEY COUNTY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



1205 AM EDT, MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINS WERE OBSERVED BY 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OVER MOST OF CASEY COUNTY. THESE 

STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AND SHOULD GRADUALLY 

EXIT THE COUNTY BY 130 AM EDT. SINCE 1000 PM EDT, RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED THAT FROM 2 TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN AXIS 

FROM NORTH OF RHEBER, TO NEAR LIBERTY. SINCE THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN SO 

QUICKLY, FLASH FLOODING IS A REAL THREAT ACROSS THE COUNTY.



AT 1200 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT SOME CITY 

STREETS WERE FLOODED IN LIBERTY, AND THAT ON THE 4-LANE BYPASS 

AROUND LIBERTY THAT ONLY ONE OF THE LANES WAS OPEN DUE TO WATER OVER 

THE ROADWAY.



IN ADDITION WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS, OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES 

MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND SOME BUILDINGS. SO IT WOULD BE A GOOD 

IDEA TO REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.



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.



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