Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Dec 18, 1990, 4:55 PM EST (21:55 UTC)

Expired

Dec 18, 1990, 8:00 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Martin County, KY, Wayne County, WV

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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KYC019-043-063-089-115-127135-159OHC001-053-079-087-105-131-145-
WVC011-053-099-190100-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
455PM EST TUE DEC 18 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTINGTON HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST KENTUCKY
          ...BOYD...CARTER...ELLIOTT...GREENUP...JOHNSON...LAWRENCE...
          LEWIS...MARTIN
IN SOUTH OHIO
          ...ADAMS...GALLIA...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...MEIGS...PIKE
          ...SCIOTO
IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA
          ...CABELL...MASON...WAYNE

DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE GOING AT AND OVER BANKFUL.
THIS HAS CAUSED MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS IN MANY LOWLYING AREAS
AND ON THE ROADWAYS ALONG THESE STREAMS. REPORTS FROM STATE..COUNTY
AND LOCAL OFFICIALS STATED THAT WHILE THERE HAS BEEN NO WIDESPREAD
FLOODING OCCURRING..NUMEROUS LOCALITIES HAVE HAD MINOR FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE AREA.

RADAR INDICATED MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE REGION..HOWEVER..WITH THE
GROUND ALREADY SATURATED MOST SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY GO OVER THEIR
BANKS BEFORE THE RAINS END TONIGHT. THERE WERE PATCHES OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AND THIS HAS PROMPTED THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TO ISSUE THIS SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOOD WARNING TO
ALERT YOU TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND
CREEKS IN THE AREA.

AGAIN..THERE HAS BEEN NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING REPORTED AT THIS TIME..
BUT THE THREAT OF SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING OCCURRING INTO EARLY
TONIGHT IS IMMIMENT AND THOSE ALONG THESE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD
TAKE PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO CROSS STANDING WATER ALONG
ROADWAYS AND BE ALERT FOR RISING WATERS ACROSS THE ROADS AS THEY DRIVE
THROUGHOUT THE TRI-STATE THIS EVENING.

END/D. GEORGE

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