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WGUS73 KLMK 312325

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KYC067-010015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

721 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR FAYETTE

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



AT 700 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL CARS WERE 

STRANDED IN HIGH WATER ON RICHMOND AND NICKOLAUSVILLE ROADS SOUTH OF 

LEXINGTON. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

WITHIN 2 HOURS EARLIER THIS EVENING SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. EXPECT 

ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM BROUGHT FLASH FLOODING TO 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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JSD

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