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KYZ054-065-066-130930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

505 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR EASTERN 

MARION...NORTHERN CASEY AND NORTHEAST TAYLOR COUNTIES IN SOUTH 

CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS 

MORNING. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE AROUND 2 AM EDT. 



MEANWHILE...RAINFALL RATES SHOULD GRADUALLY EASE THROUGH DAYBREAK...

THEREBY LESSENING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. UNTIL THEN HOWEVER...

REMAIN ALERT TO THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

LOUISVILLE.

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