Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Louisville, KY

KYZ007-181305-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
705 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY FOR
TODAY. DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND THE CONTINUING OF
RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
TODAY.

AT 7 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
COVERING ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SINCE MIDNIGHT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LEXINGTON KENTUCKY HAS RECORDED 1.35 INCHES
OF RAIN. AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SCOTT...BOURBON
...CLARK...MADISON...JESSAMINE...WOODFORD AND FAYETTE COUNTY. THE RAIN
WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE AT ONCE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT OR IN AN AUTOMOBILE.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY

SZAPPANOS

KYC005-181515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
815 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
TODAY. BECAUSE OF THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND HEAVY RAIN HAVING
MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE WAS GENERALLY LIGHT RAIN MOVING OVER ALL OF THE REGION THIS
MORNING AT 8 AM WITH JUST A FEW SMALL AREAS OF HEAVIER RAIN. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF SCOTT COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN HALF OF HARRISON COUNTY. THERE WERE A FEW SMALL PATCHES OF
HEAVIER RAIN ALSO OVER SOUTHERN POWELL...NORTHERN ESTILL AND SOUTHERN
MADISON COUNTIES.

THIS RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH OVER 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY THIS MORNING OVER MOST OF THE
CENTRAL BLUEGRASS THERE ARE MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SWOLLEN TO
OVERFLOWING. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF THREATENED HOMES OR
BUSINESSES BUT THE RAIN WILL BE CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. LOW LYING
AREAS HAVE BECOME LAKES AND SLOWLY DRAINING DITCHES HAVE SPILLED OVER
ONTO LOW SECTIONS OF MANY AREA ROADS.

USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING AS THESE FLOODED
SECTIONS OF ROADS HAVE ALREADY CAUSED QUITE A FEW ACCIDENTS.
CONTINUALLY WATCH ANY NEARBY WATERWAYS FOR RAPID RISES AND TAKE ALL
PROPER PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOODING AFFECT YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
REPORT ANY AND ALL FLOODING OR DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LEXINGTON.
ULLOM

KYC005-181615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
920 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
TODAY. BECAUSE OF THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND HEAVY RAIN HAVING
MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING CONTINUES.

LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED OVER ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING
AT 915 AM. A CHECK WITH AREA STATE POLICE POSTS SHOWED THAT THERE HAVE
BEEN MANY ACCIDENTS THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF SLICK ROADS AND STANDING
WATER. MANY SECONDARY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF STANDING WATER
AND FLOODED DITCHES. MANY PRIMARY ROADS AROUND THE REGION WERE REPORTED
TO HAVE 4 TO 7 INCHES OF STANDING WATER BUT THESE WERE PASSABLE. THERE
HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY HOMES OR BUSINESSES BEING THREATENED BY
RISING WATER THIS MORNING.
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THIS LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS THIS
MORNING THROUGH 1130 AM. YOU SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON ANY NEARBY
WATERWAY FOR RAPID RISES AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF YOU ARE
THREATENED. REPORT ANY AND ALL FLOOD REPORT OR DAMAGE TO THE NAT'IONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON.
ULLOM

KYC005-181730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1021 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
TODAY. WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS
MORNING AROUND THE REGION...ALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WERE
RUNNING AT OR NEAR BANKFUL. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE
DAY SO FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

RAIN CONTINUED THIS MORNING AT 1015 AM OVER ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. A FEW SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE AT BANKFUL OR SPILLING
OVER SLIGHTLY. PROBLEMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING STILL BECAUSE OF SLOWLY
DRAINING OR BLOCKED DRAINAGE DITCHES. THESE WERE CAUSING WATER TO
FLOOD SMALL SECTIONS OF AREA ROADS. THERE WERE NO PRIMARY ROADS
REPORTED BLOCKED THIS MORNING AT 10 AM BUT MANY SECONDARY ROADS WERE
STILL PARTIALLY OR FULLY BLOCKED AND IMPASSABLE.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING THROUGH 12 NOON WITH PATCHY FOG ALSO
AROUND THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR ANY WATERWAY YOU SHOULD
BE WATCHFUL FOR RAPID RISING WATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. USE
EXTREME CAUSION WHILE DRIVING TODAY BECAUSE OF THESE FLOODED ROADS AND
AREAS OF PONDING WATER.
ULL[OM

KYC005-181830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1123 AM EST TUE DEC 18 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY THROUGH TODAY. WITH NEAR BANKFUL CREEKS AND STREAMS AROUND
THE REGION AND NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE YESTERDAY
EVENING...FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED OVER ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING AT
11 AM WITH SOME PATCHY FOG STILL AROUND THE REGION. THERE HAVE BEEN
REPORTS FROM DES IN JESSAMINE COUNTY THAT AROUND HIGH BRIDGE ON THE
MERCER COUNTY BORDER THERE HAVE BEEN CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND
FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS. THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER REPORTS THIS MORNING
OF LOW LYING AREAS HAVING FROM SEVERAL INCHES TO OVER A FOOT OF
STANDING WATER. AREA ROADS CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY STANDING AND
PONDING WATER AS WELL AS WATER SPILLING OVER FROM POORLY DRAINING OR
BACKED UP DRAINAGE DITCHES.

THIS LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

WITH THE LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING TODAY THROUGH 130 PM...PROBLEMS WILL
CONTINUE WITH RISING WATER AND STANDING WATER IN LOFW LYING AREAS AND
ON MOST AREA ROADS. USE EXTREME CAUTION TODAY WHILE DRIVING TODAY. YOU
SHOULD BE WATCHFUL OF NEARBY WATERWAYS FOR A RAPID RISING TODAY WITH
MORE RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
ULLOM