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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

349 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KNOTT COUNTY UNTIL 5 AM...



AT 345 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS

CONTINUE TO FALL OVER KNOTT COUNTY AND WILL BE DISSIPATING OVER THE

NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



AT AROUND 230 AM EDT FIVE FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING OVER

HIGHWAY 550 IN HINDMAN.



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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