[KYHAM] Fllod Warning in Effect for E KY until Monday

[Ron Dodson]

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
             230 PM EST SUN FEB 16 2003

             ...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
EASTERN KENTUCKY...

             ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
MONDAY FOR THE 
             FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
              
            
FLEMING...ROWAN...BATH...ELLIOTT...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...MENIFEE...
            
JOHNSON...MARTIN...POWELL...MAGOFFIN...WOLFE...ESTILL...FLOYD...PIKE
            
...LEE...BREATHITT...JACKSON...OWSLEY...ROCKCASTLE...KNOTT...PERRY...
            
PULASKI...CLAY...LAUREL...LESLIE...LETCHER...KNOX...HARLAN...WAYNE...
             WHITLEY...MCCREARY AND BELL...

             AT 2 PM SUNDAY HEAVY RAIN HAD BEGUN TAPERING
OFF ACROSS EASTERN 
             KENTUCKY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN
THE WARNED 
             AREA...WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND FLOOD
PROBLEMS BEING REPORTED 
             BY COUNTY AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
FLOODING IS EXPECTED 
             TO CONTINUE SATURDAY EVENING. EXCESS RUNOFF
WILL CONTINUE TO 
             INUNDATE CREEKS...STREAMS...RIVERS...AND LOW
LYING...FLOOD PRONE 
             REGIONS DESPITE THE DECREASE IN PRECIPITATION
INTENSITY.

             THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT IS REPLACED
BY THE EXISTING 
             WARNING.