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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1156 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR BUTLER...

EDMONSON...WARREN...LOGAN...ALLEN AND SIMPSON COUNTIES IN SOUTH

CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



AT 1155 PM CDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA OF VERY 

HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM TENNESSEE. AT THIS 

TIME, RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1, UP TO POSSIBLY 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST THROUGH 115 AM CDT. THIS 

WILL CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS 

AND IN SOME URBAN LOCATIONS WITH CITY STREETS BECOMING FLOODED.



THE ZONE WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS FROM LOGAN 

COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD INTO BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES, WHERE THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN EARLIER IN THE EVENING.



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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