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WGUS53 KJKL 290050

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KYC065-290400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

850 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ESTILL COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT EDT...



IRVINE POLICE DISPATCH REPORTS THAT SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE 

AT OR NEAR BANK FULL. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS EVENING 

HAS ENDED...THE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO SWELL AREA WATERWAYS FOR THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. LEAVE AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN THE WATER STARTS TO RISE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN LATER TONIGHT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. PLEASE CONTINUE 

TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO 

OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.



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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