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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1141 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR OHIO AND 

GRAYSON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



AT 1140 PM CDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE FIRST BAND 

OF HEAVY RAINS HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE WARNED AREA, WITH A BREAK IN 

THE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH 1230 AM CDT. THEN ANOTHER AREA OF 

VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE INTO OHIO AND GRAYSON COUNTIES FROM 

WESTERN TENNESSEE. 



TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WHEN ALL IS 

SAID AND DONE. FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE, IF NOT GET 

WORSE, THROUGH 230 AM CDT WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED.



AT 1130 PM CDT, LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OHIO COUNTY REPORTED THAT 

NUMEROUS ROADS IN BEAVER DAM AND HARTFORD HAVE FLOODING PROBLEMS. 

BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS, AREAS NEAR THE WESTERN 

KENTUCKY PARKWAY HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST TOTALS SO FAR, AND THUS ARE 

THE MOST PRONE FOR SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS WITH ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL. 



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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