FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 324 PM EDT SUN JUL 21 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR DUAL POL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TWO TO TWO AND ONE QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE US HIGHWAY 23 CORRIDOR FROM THE BULL CREEK AREA SOUTH TO NEAR STANVILLE. HEAVIEST RAIN THROUGH 430 PM WILL FALL IN THE BETSY LAYNE TO COAL RUN AREAS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ALLEN...ALLEN CITY...ALUBA...ALVIN...ARKANSAS...BAMMER...BEAVER JUNCTION...BETSY LAYNE...BOLDMAN...COAL RUN...CORN FORK HOLLOW... DANA...DWALE...ENDICOTT...GULNARE...HAROLD...HONAKER...IVEL... JUSTELL...LANCER...MARTIN AND MCCOMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:49:15 +0000
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