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KYZ120-010800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1055 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002



...FLOOD STATEMENT FOR PIKE COUNTY...



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN PIKE COUNTY REPORTS THAT HIGH WATER

IS BEING REPORTED NEAR JOHNS CREEK IN META. WATER IS ALSO COVERING

THE ROADS ON PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 319 NEAR BELFRY. THE STATE

POLICE ALSO REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY 805 NEAR

DORTON.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER

PIKE COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. NO RAIN HAS OCCURRED THIS EVENING

AND NONE IS EXPECTED.



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR A

FEW MORE HOURS AS WATER CONTINUES TO RUNOFF FROM THE RAINS OF THIS

AFTERNOON.



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

ROADWAY OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO

ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON KY.



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