Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
350 AM EST WED FEB 15 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FOR
   TODAY AND TONIGHT...

MOST OF THE RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS
MORNING AT 330 AM. THE ONLY AREAS RECEIVING RAIN AT THIS TIME WERE
WOLFE..MORGAN..MAGOFFIN AND FLOYD COUNTIES. THERE WERE SMALL AREAS OF
HEAVIER RAIN IN WOLFE AND MORGAN COUNTIES AS WELL.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING VERY RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND OUT OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
FOR A SHORT WHILE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL GIVE THE SWOLLEN CREEKS..
STREAMS AND RIVERS A CHANCE TO CATCH UP AND HANDLE THE WATER THAT HAD
FALLEN EARLIER THIS MORNING. THERE WERE VERY FEW CREEKS AND STREAMS
REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS BUT MANY LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL CREEKS
WERE SHOWING SOME MINOR FLOODING.
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ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL BE ENDED FOR A SHOHRT WHILE THIS MORNING..IT
WILL BE WISE TO CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS AND SOME
MINOR FLOODING.
ULLOM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
545 AM EST WED FEB 15 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FOR
   TODAY AND TONIGHT...

MOST OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY REMAINED RAINFREE THIS MORNING AT 530 AM. THE
RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION AND WAS FALLING IN THE
COUNTIES OF JACKSON..LEE..WOLFE AND MORGAN. PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES ALSO
HAD HEAVIER RAIN FALLING. THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN
HAD FALLEN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. MOST OF THE CREEKS IN THIS AREA
WERE RISING TO BANKFUL WITH SOME SPILLING OVER INTO SURROUNDING AREAS.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.

MOST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION WILL HAVE A TEMPORARY BREAK TO THE RAIN
THIS MORNING THROUGH 8 AM. THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
PAINTSVILLE TO JACKSON TO LONDON WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RAIN. WATERWAYS
IN THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO FILL AND SOME MINOR: FLOODING WILL CONTINUE
TO CAUSE PROBLEMS IN A FEW LOCATIONS.

IF YOU ARE AFFECTED BY RISING WATER THIS MORNING..CONTINUE TO WATCH
FOR RAPID RISES AND REPORT ANY AND ALL FLOODING TO THE LOCAL POLICE.
ULLOM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
745 AM EST WED FEB 15 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY FOR
   TODAY AND TONIGHT...

RAIN CONTINUED OVER ONLY A FEW LOCATIONS AROUND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS
MORNING AT 730 AM. THE AREAS THAT WERE RECEIVING RAIN..HOWEVER..HAD BEEN
RECEIVING THE MOST RAIN IN THE REGION. A FEW CREEKS WERE OUT OF THEIR
BANKS THIS MORNING. HIGHWAY 191 IN THE MALONE AREA OF MORGAN COUNTY
WAS PARTIAL UNDERWATER..WHICH WAS NORMAL FOR THE AREA. MAGOFFIN COUNTY
REPORTED SOME LOW LAND FLOODING BUT NO ROADS WERE AFFECTED. MOST CREEKS
AND STREAMS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PAINTSVILLE TO JACKSON TO
LONDON WERE AT OR NEAR BANKFUL.

THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST RAPIDLY AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER ONLY A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS
MORNING THROUGH 10 AM. IF YOU LIVE OR DRIVE THROUGH THOSE AREAS AFFECTED
YOU SHOULD PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WATER LEVELS AND THE
SPEED AT WHICH THEY ARE RISING. PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM FOR MOTORIST AS WELL AS OVERFLOWING DITCHES
AND POORLY DRAINING AREAS.
ULLOM