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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

541 AM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013



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JEFFERSON KY-

541 AM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR

JEFFERSON COUNTY...



...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 845 

AM EDT...



AT 535 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED 

FLOODING IN LOUISVILLE. A WIDE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL 

BE MOVING INTO THE METRO EARLY THIS MORNING AND MAY DROP ANOTHER 

ONE TO AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN.



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

  MIDDLETOWN...

  HIGHVIEW...

  ANCHORAGE...

  FAIRDALE...

  FERN CREEK...

  JEFFERSONTOWN...



  IN ADDITION...LOUISVILLE BOWMAN FIELD AND LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL 

  AIRPORT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY.



  FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THIS WARNING...

  VIADUCTS ALONG FLOYD STREET AND HILL STREET NEAR OLD LOUISVILLE.

  SOUTHERN DITCH AT MINORS LANE.

  POPE LICK CREEK OVERFLOWS ONTO BLACKTHORN ROAD.

  CHENOWETH RUN OVERFLOWS AT INTERSECTION OF RUCKRIEGEL PARKWAY AND

  WATTERSON TRAIL.

  LOCATIONS THAT VERY RARELY FLOOD MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING THIS      

  MORNING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR

REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.



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LAT...LON 3834 8557 3834 8558 3834 8559 3826 8541

      3811 8544 3808 8555 3809 8572 3804 8588

      3800 8595 3809 8590 3816 8591 3823 8584

      3827 8583 3829 8578 3827 8574 3832 8565

      3838 8564



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