FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 731 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
FLEMING COUNTY
ROWAN COUNTY
BATH COUNTY
ELLIOTT COUNTY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
MORGAN COUNTY
MENIFEE COUNTY
JOHNSON COUNTY
MARTIN COUNTY
POWELL COUNTY
MAGOFFIN COUNTY
WOLFE COUNTY
ESTILL COUNTY
FLOYD COUNTY
PIKE COUNTY
LEE COUNTY
BREATHITT COUNTY
JACKSON COUNTY
OWSLEY COUNTY
ROCKCASTLE COUNTY
KNOTT COUNTY
PERRY COUNTY
PULASKI COUNTY
CLAY COUNTY
LAUREL COUNTY
LESLIE COUNTY
LETCHER COUNTY
KNOX COUNTY
HARLAN COUNTY
WAYNE COUNTY
WHITLEY COUNTY
MCCREARY COUNTY...
AND BELL COUNTY IN EAST KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 130 PM EST WEDNESDAY
* AT 726 AM EST RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN OF BETWEEN 1 AND 3
INCHES WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF MINOR FLOODING HIGH.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. OTHER AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER
CROSSINGS ALONG COUNTRY ROADS AND ON FARMLAND NEAR ANY CREEKS AND
STREAMS WILL ALSO BE AT RISK OF MINOR FLOODING.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3663 8501 3686 8508 3700 8486 3712 8492
3749 8446 3757 8411 3794 8399 3812 8409
3833 8385 3850 8393 3853 8364 3820 8327
3817 8290 3797 8300 3796 8250 3767 8229
3753 8196 3712 8272 3689 8288 3658 8371
$$
RAY
HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 933 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEHIND
A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL OCCUR
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS LIKELY THROUGH 4
PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN
25 AND 40 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL
THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL REMAIN LIKELY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* IMPACTS: TREE DAMAGE IS HIGHLY LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE
AFTER RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE SOIL. THE FALLING
TREES WILL LIKELY DOWN POWER LINES...RESULTING IN THE POSSIBILITY
OF PROLONGED OR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND
UNSECURED OBJECTS AND PROPERTY IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DRIVERS OF HIGH-
PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-TO-SOUTH ROADWAYS...SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY
23...U.S. HIGHWAY 23E AND INTERSTATE 75...MAY ALSO HAVE EXTREME
DIFFICULTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
$$
JP
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