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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1041 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PIKE AND EASTERN FLOYD

COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM...



AT 1030 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING

OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FLOYD AND PIKE COUNTIES...SOUTH OF A

LINE FROM HUNTER TO GRETHEL TO PIKEVILLE. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE

STILL OCCURING ELSEWHERE IN THESE COUNTIES. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL

CONTINUE TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE SOUTHERN

PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES BY AROUND MIDNIGHT.



AN OBSERVER 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIKEVILLE NEAR COAL RUN REPORTED 4

AND A THIRD INCHES OF RAIN THIS EVENING...WITH FLOODING IN

PROGRESS. ALSO IN PIKE AND FLOYD COUNTIES...SOME RESIDENCES ARE

REPORTED BEING EVACUATED...AND THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS

OF RESCUES FROM VEHICLES.



IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA STAY OUT OF FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.

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 FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON KY.

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