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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
337 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
   TRIMBLE...HENRY...OLDHAM...JEFFERSON...SHELBY...MEADE...SPENCER...
   BULLITT...BRECKINRIDGE...HARDIN...NELSON...WASHINGTON AND LARUE.

IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
   HARRISON...SCOTT...NICHOLAS...FRANKLIN...BOURBON...FAYETTE...
   WOODFORD...ANDERSON...CLARK...JESSAMINE...MERCER...MADISON...
   GARRARD AND BOYLE.

IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
   HANCOCK AND OHIO.

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
   MARION...LINCOLN...GRAYSON...CASEY...TAYLOR...GREEN...HART...
   BUTLER...EDMONSON...ADAIR...WARREN...RUSSELL...METCALFE...
   BARREN...LOGAN...CUMBERLAND...ALLEN...SIMPSON...CLINTON AND
   MONROE.

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (400 PM 
CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON).

LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY 
THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY AT 
TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY INTO MID AFTERNOON. 
GIVEN SATURATED SOILS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY...THERE IS A HIGH 
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE 
RAIN SHOULD END BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. 

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL, AVOID LOW LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL
WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
BE ISSUED.

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JMB