Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Jackson, KY

Issued

Jan 24, 2002, 6:46 AM EST (11:46 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 2002, 10:45 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Jackson, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, KY

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000 
WGUS53 KJKL 241146
FFWJKL
KYC231-241545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
645 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST

* AT 640 AM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 92 ONE
  MILE EAST OF MONTICELLO. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES OVER ONE
  INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA IN THE LAST HOUR.
  ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE RAIN
  TAPERS OFF LATER THIS MORNING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 
COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
JACKSON KY.

LAT...LON 3669 8494 3666 8475 3694 8471 3691 8508

$$

MCLANE

000 
RWUS32 KJKL 241549
FFSJKL
KYC231-013-095-133-241610-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1049 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WAYNE...LETCHER...HARLAN...AND BELL 
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 1045 AM EST...

THE HEAVY RAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMPTING THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE 
AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL 
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.  WATER LEVELS IN SMALL STREAMS AND IN 
URBAN AREAS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO RECEDE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/JKL

$$

JARVIS

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.