…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
822 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

.A PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP COPIOUS
AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.
MULTIPLE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THE REGION YIELDING ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WITH SUCH
RICH MOISTURE IN PLACE...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

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HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-
ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-
NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-
MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-
GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...
GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...
VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...
HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...
GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...
BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
822 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014 /722 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2014/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...ANDERSON KY...
   BOURBON KY...BOYLE KY...CLARK KY...FAYETTE KY...FRANKLIN KY...
   GARRARD KY...HARRISON KY...JESSAMINE KY...MADISON KY...MERCER
  KY...NICHOLAS KY...SCOTT KY AND WOODFORD KY. IN NORTH CENTRAL
  KENTUCKY...HENRY KY...LARUE KY...NELSON KY...SHELBY KY...
  SPENCER KY AND WASHINGTON KY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  ADAIR KY...ALLEN KY...BARREN KY...CASEY KY...CLINTON KY...
  CUMBERLAND KY...EDMONSON KY...GREEN KY...HART KY...LINCOLN
  KY...MARION KY...METCALFE KY...MONROE KY...RUSSELL KY...
  SIMPSON KY...TAYLOR KY AND WARREN KY.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* A SURGE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BRING
  COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE TO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND
  SUNDAY MORNING. ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
  OVERNIGHT AND THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...IN AREAS THAT SEE REPEATED
  ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY
  OCCUR.

* CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY OVERCOME THEIR BANKS AND INTO ROADWAYS
  WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION...TYPICAL FLOOD
  PRONE AREAS AND OTHER LOW-LYING SPOTS MAY QUICKLY FLOOD AS HEAVY
  RAINFALL PASSES THROUGH THE REGION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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MJ