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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

325 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PERRY AND LETCHER COUNTIES

UNTIL 5 AM...



AT 330 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE

TO FALL OVER PERRY AND LETCHER COUNTIES AND WILL BE DISSIPATING OVER

THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



AT AROUND 230 AM EDT TWO FAMILIES WERE REPORTED TRAPPED DUE TO FLOOD

WATERS IN THE TOWN OF VICCO. FLOOD WATERS WERE ALSO REPORTED OVER

HWY 7 NEAR BLACKEY...IN LETCHER COUNTY AT AROUND 240 AM EDT.



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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