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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

429 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 6 PM CST FOR ADAIR, 

RUSSELL, CUMBERLAND, AND CLINTON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL 

KENTUCKY...



AT 425 PM CST, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS, WITH THE HIGHEST 

AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF CLINTON AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. 

ADDITIONAL BANDS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM TENNESSEE THROUGH 6 PM CST. THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING PROBLEMS. LAW 

ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED A FEW COUNTY ROADS AT LEAST PARTIALLY 

COVERED WITH WATER, SOME OF IT FLOWING NEXT TO SWOLLEN CREEKS, IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. DO NOT DRIVE 

INTO AREAS THAT APPEAR COVERED IN WATER



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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