THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... SOUTH CENTRAL LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... WESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST HARLAN COUNTY AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PASS REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HARLAN...BLEDSOE...COLDIRON...GRAYS KNOB...INCLINE...KENTENIA... AND LOYALL. 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.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:48:03 +0000
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