FLOOD WARNING FOR HARRISON COUNTY UNTIL 3:15 AM SUNDAY

 Flood Warning valid until July 7 3:15am EDT
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
326 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

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JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-MADISON KY-MARION KY-MERCER KY-
METCALFE KY-MONROE KY-NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-RUSSELL KY-SCOTT KY-
TAYLOR KY-WASHINGTON KY-WOODFORD KY-ADAIR KY-ANDERSON KY-BOURBON KY-
BOYLE KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-CUMBERLAND KY-FAYETTE KY-FRANKLIN KY-
GARRARD KY-GREEN KY-HARRISON KY-CLINTON KY-
326 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING 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...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT...
  GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  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...
  LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  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...
  GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  METCALFE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 315 AM EDT SUNDAY/215 AM CDT SUNDAY/

* AT 321 PM EDT/221 PM CDT/...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
  REPORTED THAT LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS
  CONTINUES AS A RESULT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE PAST THREE
  DAYS. THIS LOCALIZED FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THIS
  EVENING...AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME WORSE IF ANY SUBSTANTIAL RAIN
  FALLS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO
DANVILLE TO COLUMBIA. ANY LOCATION THAT RECEIVES SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL BE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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