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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

850 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR WARREN...

LOGAN...ALLEN AND SIMPSON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



AT 845 PM CDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OUT OF LOUISVILLE HAS INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER 

REPORTS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER 

OF ROADS WITH WATER OVER THEM, INCLUDING THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN. 

A SECOND BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE IN FROM WESTERN 

TENNESSEE LATER IN THE EVENING, AND THIS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING PROBLEMS AROUND THE AREA. THE CORRIDOR FROM SOUTHWESTERN 

LOGAN COUNTY UP TOWARDS BOWLING GREEN WILL BE THE AREA MOST 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING, SINCE THIS AREA HAS SEEN THE 

MOST RAINFALL THUS FAR.



AS OF 845 PM CDT, RADAR AND OBSERVED DATA SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING 

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS:



WARREN CO: 3 TO 4 INCHES

LOGAN CO: 3 TO 4 INCHES...UP TO 5 IN SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY

SIMPSON CO: 2.5 TO 3 INCHES

ALLEN CO: 2.5 TO 3 INCHES



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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