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WGUS73 KLMK 280313

FFSLMK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1103 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



KYC111-185-280500-

OLDHAM KY-JEFFERSON KY-

1103 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR

NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND OLDHAM COUNTIES...



AT 1102 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED GREATLY OVER JEFFERSON 

AND OLDHAM COUNTIES. HOWEVER...TRAINED SPOTTERS INDICATED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING OCCURRED NEAR THE BROWNSBORO ROAD AREA IN NORTHEAST 

JEFFERSON COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3 AND 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE PROSPECT AREA EASTWARD THROUGH CRESTWOOD. 

ALTHOUGH ONLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM IS LIKELY THROUGH THE NEXT 

TWO HOURS...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER STORMS MAY LEAD TO CONTINUED 

FLOODING NEAR THESE AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS...AND POSSIBLY SOME COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IF DRIVING...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3828 8558 3834 8532 3848 8543 3833 8566



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000 

WGUS73 KLMK 280313

FFSLMK



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1103 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



KYC111-185-280500-

OLDHAM KY-JEFFERSON KY-

1103 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR

NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND OLDHAM COUNTIES...



AT 1102 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED GREATLY OVER JEFFERSON 

AND OLDHAM COUNTIES. HOWEVER...TRAINED SPOTTERS INDICATED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING OCCURRED NEAR THE BROWNSBORO ROAD AREA IN NORTHEAST 

JEFFERSON COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3 AND 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE PROSPECT AREA EASTWARD THROUGH CRESTWOOD. 

ALTHOUGH ONLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM IS LIKELY THROUGH THE NEXT 

TWO HOURS...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER STORMS MAY LEAD TO CONTINUED 

FLOODING NEAR THESE AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS...AND POSSIBLY SOME COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IF DRIVING...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3828 8558 3834 8532 3848 8543 3833 8566



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