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WGUS71 KRLX 131442

FFSRLX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

935 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007



KYC043-089-OHC087-131445-

/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071213T1445Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GREENUP KY-CARTER KY-LAWRENCE OH-

935 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST FOR

LAWRENCE...CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES...



AT 930 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY TO MODERATE RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOT RECIEVED ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING AT THIS 

TIME IN CARTER OR GREENUP COUNTIES...HOWEVER IN LAWRENCE COUNTY 

OHIO...STATE ROUTE 93 IS FLOODED IN PEDRO. 



THE FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...BUT FLOOD ADVISORIES 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NAPLES...

OLDTOWN...LOAD...LETITIA...GREENBO LAKE...GESLING...GREENUP...CARTER

CAVES STATE PARK...PROCTORVILLE...LAKE VESUVIUS...IRONTON...COAL

GROVE AND CHESAPEAKE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3835 8323 3872 8301 3875 8288 3858 8282

      3875 8266 3884 8265 3884 8257 3878 8258

      3867 8237 3857 8229 3843 8234 3840 8257

      3850 8267 3846 8275 3820 8284 3819 8305

      3827 8317 3821 8328 3823 8330 3833 8334

TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 180DEG 0KT 3835 8307



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000 

WGUS71 KRLX 131442

FFSRLX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

935 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007



KYC043-089-OHC087-131445-

/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071213T1445Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GREENUP KY-CARTER KY-LAWRENCE OH-

935 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST FOR

LAWRENCE...CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES...



AT 930 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE HEAVY TO MODERATE RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOT RECIEVED ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING AT THIS 

TIME IN CARTER OR GREENUP COUNTIES...HOWEVER IN LAWRENCE COUNTY 

OHIO...STATE ROUTE 93 IS FLOODED IN PEDRO. 



THE FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...BUT FLOOD ADVISORIES 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NAPLES...

OLDTOWN...LOAD...LETITIA...GREENBO LAKE...GESLING...GREENUP...CARTER

CAVES STATE PARK...PROCTORVILLE...LAKE VESUVIUS...IRONTON...COAL

GROVE AND CHESAPEAKE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3835 8323 3872 8301 3875 8288 3858 8282

      3875 8266 3884 8265 3884 8257 3878 8258

      3867 8237 3857 8229 3843 8234 3840 8257

      3850 8267 3846 8275 3820 8284 3819 8305

      3827 8317 3821 8328 3823 8330 3833 8334

TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 180DEG 0KT 3835 8307



$$



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