Flood Advisory

 457 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON… FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… NICHOLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN… WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY…

* UNTIL 800 PM EST/700 PM CST/…

* AT 457 PM EST/357 PM CST/ BANDS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN OCCURING EAST OF I 65…WITH MOST AREAS IN GOOD SHAPE AND SOME LOW SPOTS HAVING MINOR FLOODING. THE RAIN IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AND ANY LOW LYING FLOODING SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO AS MUCH AS 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

SOME MINOR LOW LYING FLOODING IS OCCURING IN ANDERSON COUNTY… FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FRANKFORT…AND HARRISON COUNTY JUST EAST OF CYNTHIANA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT…LON 3812 8407 3805 8403 3733 8453 3735 8457 3712 8491 3698 8485 3685 8506 3677 8500 3661 8500 3663 8574 3693 8546 3837 8492 3835 8475 3857 8441 3858 8421 3849 8416 3844 8395 3833 8384 TIME…MOT…LOC 2157Z 180DEG 0KT 3826 8469