THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... EAST CENTRAL KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... WEST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 300 AM EDT * AT 1053 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE ADVISORY AREA. THE COMBINATION OF RECENT RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN WILL LEAD TO A RISK OF CREEKS AND STREAMS COMING BACK OUT OF THEIR BANKS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...PIKEVILLE...ALLEN...ALLEN CITY...ALPHORETTA...ALUBA... ARKANSAS...BAMMER...BEAVER...BEAVER JUNCTION...BETSY LAYNE... BETTY...BLUE MOON...BOLDMAN...BOLYN...BOSCO...BUCKHORN HOLLOW... BUCKINGHAM...BURTON...COAL RUN...CRAYNOR...DANA...DEMO...DRIFT... EAST MCDOWELL...EASTERN...ESTILL...GALVESTON...GARRET...GLO AND GRETHEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:01:26 +0000
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