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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

555 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SOUTHERN PERRY...HARLAN AND LETCHER

COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 7 AM EDT...



AT AROUND 5 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING CONTINUING TO

OCCUR OVER ALL THREE OF THESE COUNTIES. THE MOST SEVERE FLOODING WAS

OCCURRING ALONG THE HARLAN AND LETCHER COUNTY LINE...MAINLY ALONG

HIGHWAY 510 NEAR THE TOWNS OF GILLEY AND GORDON...WHERE RESIDENTS

WERE BEING RESCUED FROM HOMES.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A

SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR

FURTHER UPDATES.

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