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WGUS73 KLMK 112158

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KYC085-112230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

451 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR GRAYSON

COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



AT 450 PM CDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT MUCH OF THE 

INTENSE RAINFALL HAD DISSIPATED OR EXITED GRAYSON COUNTY. LIGHT TO 

OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINS WILL CONTINUE HOWEVER THROUGH 530 PM. 

RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR 

FLASH FLOODING. TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 1.5 TO 3 

INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM CANEYVILLE, 

TO LEITCHFIELD, TO MILLERSTOWN.



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED A COUPLE ADDITIONAL SPOTS OF FLOODING, 

INCLUDING MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN LEITCHFIELD, AND ALONG HIGHWAY 224 

IN EASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 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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