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WGUS73 KLMK 010049

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KYC017-181-010100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

848 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR

NICHOLAS AND BOURBON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL BE

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BOURBON AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES HAVE NOT 

REPORTED ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINS THAT 

FELL OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS. HOWEVER THERE STILL COULD BE SOME 

FLOODED SPOTS AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN BOURBON COUNTY WHERE OVER 3 

INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR...SPECIFICALLY IN THE LOCAL BASINS OF KENNEDY...STONER AND 

BRUSH CREEKS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS IN OR NEAR 

THOSE LOCATIONS.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

LOUISVILLE.



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