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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

958 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM EDT FOR EASTERN 

JEFFERSON...SHELBY...SPENCER AND EASTERN BULLITT COUNTIES IN NORTH 

CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED TRAFFIC SLOW-DOWNS DUE TO HIGH WATER IN 

BULLITT COUNTY ALONG OLD PRESTON HIGHWAY AND ALONG HIGHWAY 1020 DUE 

TO WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. LOCAL OFFICIALS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY 

REPORTED SOME WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND A FEW 

CARS WERE STALLED. HOWEVER...NO ROADS WERE CLOSED IN EITHER BULLITT 

OR JEFFERSON COUNTIES AT THIS TIME. OFFICIALS FROM SHELBY AND 

SPENCER COUNTIES REPORTED NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAIN. THE 

SHOWERS SHOULD END ACROSS THE AREA BY 1100 AM EDT.



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

IF HIGH WATER THREATENS YOUR AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.

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