000 FPUS73 KJKL 251830 NOWJKL SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 230 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-252100- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 230 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2009 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. ON AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE SHOWERS PASS BETWEEN 2:30 PM AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...TO AROUND ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE STRONGEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PASS. ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND COULD CAUSE BRIEF MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. $$ RAY