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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1257 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



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JESSAMINE KY-MERCER KY-MADISON KY-GARRARD KY-

1257 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR

GARRARD...MADISON...MERCER AND JESSAMINE COUNTIES...



AT 1242 PM EDT...MADISON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MAJOR 

ROAD FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF RICHMOND. MANY ROADS ARE 

IMPASSABLE IN RICHMOND.  



MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FROM HARRODSBURG TO LANCASTER 

NICHOLASVILLE TO RICHMOND.  EXPECT BETWEEN AND A THIRD OF AN INCH TO 

AS MUCH AS THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.  



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SULPHUR 

WELL...WILMORE...LANCASTER...MADISON AND SPEARS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.



&&



LAT...LON 3780 8408 3757 8410 3756 8418 3752 8421

      3753 8435 3748 8438 3754 8455 3771 8474

      3769 8503 3793 8498 3795 8482 3791 8484

      3785 8476 3797 8465 3793 8448 3785 8445

      3785 8438 3789 8439 3789 8438 3784 8411



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