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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

900 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006



KYC073-211-150400-

FRANKLIN KY-SHELBY KY-

900 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR

SHELBY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...



AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLOODING OVER SHELBY 

AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. 



RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO THREE INCHES OF HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 

PM...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. 



BENSON ROAD EAST OF SHELBYVILLE IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH             

WATER. TODDS POINT ROAD IN SIMPSONVILLE IS CLOSED BECAUSE           

OF HIGH WATER. A FEW STREETS IN DOWNTOWN SHELBYVILLE WERE            

IMPASSABLE. THERE WAS WATER REPORTED ON NUMEROUS ROADWAYS            

COUNTYWIDE. 



IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...US HIGHWAY 421 SOUTH NEAR SLICKWAY IS FLOODED. 

DISPATCH REPORTS SPORADIC HIGH WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY.    



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3815 8486 3810 8490 3813 8503 3806 8513

      3816 8542 3827 8541 3829 8545 3830 8534

      3835 8529 3833 8497 3836 8492 3833 8475

      3820 8474



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