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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

950 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THURSDAY EVENING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR  

PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. TAKE ACTION NOW

IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM THE WATER. MOST FLASH

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE

WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NEVER CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE

ON FOOT.



AT 9 PM THE 24 HOUR WARNING POINT REPORTED THAT US 119, AND KY 3416 

ROADS WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN THE PAST THREE HOURS AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.



ALSO AT 9 PM THE 24 HOUR WARNING POINT REPORTED THAT THERE WERE ROCK 

AND MUDSLIDES NEAR CANADA OR 12 MILES EAST OF PIKEVILLE AND ALONG 

ISLAND CREEK OR 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIKEVILLE.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND 

CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND 

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS 

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, 

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON KY.



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