...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY, NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... BATH, ELLIOTT, ESTILL, FLEMING, MENIFEE, MONTGOMERY... POWELL AND ROWAN. IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, JOHNSON AND MARTIN. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY, LAUREL, MCCREARY, PULASKI... ROCKCASTLE, WAYNE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, BELL... BREATHITT, CLAY, FLOYD, HARLAN, JACKSON, KNOTT, KNOX... LEE, LESLIE, LETCHER, MAGOFFIN, MORGAN, OWSLEY, PERRY... PIKE AND WOLFE. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. * THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS, AND SOME STREAMS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. THERE WILL ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 02:47:06 +0000
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