Flash Flood Watch

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
118 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
COMBINED WITH MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS EARLIER THIS MORNING MAY
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF INDIANA AND KENTUCKY…
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN INDIANA…CLARK IN…
CRAWFORD IN…FLOYD IN…HARRISON IN…JEFFERSON IN…ORANGE
IN…SCOTT IN AND WASHINGTON IN. IN KENTUCKY…ANDERSON KY…
BOURBON KY…BOYLE KY…BULLITT KY…CASEY KY…CLARK KY…
FAYETTE KY…FRANKLIN KY…GARRARD KY…HARRISON KY…HENRY
KY…JEFFERSON KY…JESSAMINE KY…LINCOLN KY…MADISON KY…
MARION KY…MERCER KY…NELSON KY…NICHOLAS KY…OLDHAM KY…
SCOTT KY…SHELBY KY…SPENCER KY…TRIMBLE KY…WASHINGTON KY
AND WOODFORD KY.
* UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* HEAVY RAINS FROM LAST NIGHT COMBINED WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS IN
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
* LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING ARE THE
MOST AT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING…ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE HAD
MINOR FLOODING ALREADY THIS MORNING.
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS…CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS
POSSIBLE. KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR
IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
BE ISSUED.
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