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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1031 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014

KYC013-051-095-121-125-131-147-193-199-231-235-031130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FA.Y.0012.140303T0331Z-140303T1130Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX KY-LESLIE KY-MCCREARY KY-PERRY KY-PULASKI KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY
KY-BELL KY-CLAY KY-HARLAN KY-LAUREL KY-
1031 PM EST SUN MAR 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 630 AM EST MONDAY

* AT 1025 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
  THIS RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
  HOURS...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN
  EVENTUALLY SNOW.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...
  ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME
  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BARBOURVILLE...HARLAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...LONDON...MANCHESTER...
  MIDDLESBORO...MONTICELLO...PINEVILLE...SOMERSET...WHITLEY CITY...
  WILLIAMSBURG...ADD...AGES...ALPINE...ALVA...AMMIE...ARJAY...
  ARKLE...ARTEMUS...ARTHUR...ARY...ASHER...ASHERS FORK...ATLANTA...
  AVAWAM...AVIS...AYERS...BAILEY CREEK AND BAILEYS SWITCH.

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS HAVE REPORTED AROUND 1.7 INCHES OF RAINFALL
THUS FAR IN THE BIG CREEK AREA OF PERRY COUNTY. KENTUCKY MESONET
SITES HAVE ALSO REPORTED BETWEEN AN INCH AND A INCH AND A HALF OF
RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3663 8501 3684 8507 3699 8485 3711 8491
      3734 8456 3716 8430 3733 8413 3725 8395
      3736 8366 3726 8353 3738 8348 3734 8339
      3742 8320 3724 8312 3720 8300 3696 8315
      3702 8294 3695 8285 3674 8314 3658 8369

$$

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