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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

710 PM EST THU DEC 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EST (900 PM CST) FOR

CLARK...HARRISON AND FLOYD COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

TRIMBLE...HENRY...OLDHAM...JEFFERSON...MEADE AND BRECKINRIDGE

COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AND HANCOCK AND OHIO COUNTIES IN

NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...



AT 705 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS ALONG 

AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH LINGERING SHOWERS TO THE WEST OF 

THIS AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT A WIDE SWATH OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED UP AND DOWN THE OHIO RIVER. 

2.30 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

OFFICE IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  SOME LOCATIONS SOUTHWEST OF 

LOUISVILLE HAVE RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES MAINLY IN OHIO 

COUNTY.



LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS CLOSED IN OHIO COUNTY...AND A 

COUPLE OF ROADS WERE CLOSED IN HARRISON...FLOYD...AND CLARK COUNTIES 

IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. WATER HAD MOVED INTO A FEW BASEMENTS IN 

LOUISVILLE...AND A WATER RESCUE FROM A CAR TRAPPED IN HIGH WATER WAS 

PERFORMED IN THE LYNDON AREA. CHENOWETH RUN CREEK NEAR JEFFERSONTOWN 

IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WAS OUT ITS BANKS. ELSEWHERE...OTHER STREAMS AND 

CREEKS WERE RUNNING BANK FULL...WITH MOST DRAINAGE DITCHES RUNNING 

FAST.



OTHER AREAS ACROSS HANCOCK...BRECKINRIDGE...MEADE...OLDHAM...HENRY 

AND TRIMBLE COUNTIES HAVE REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS...DESPITE 

SIMILAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE THIS 

MORNING. IT IS LIKELY THAT MINOR FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING IN THESE 

AREAS...BUT THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME.



THUS...EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR MOST AREAS...A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST (900 PM CST) 

TO ALLOW HIGH WATERS TO SLOWLY RECEDE.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR 

FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... 

ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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