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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

427 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FLOYD...JOHNSON...MAGOFFIN...AND

MARTIN IS EXTENDED UNTIL 8PM...



THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN

KENTUCKY...PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES

PER HOUR.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN MARTIN COUNTY REPORT WATER IS

RISING RAPIDLY IN MILO LAKE...ALONG ROUTE 1884...NORTH OF MILO.

BEAVERS HAVE REPORTEDLY DAMMED UP THE OVERFLOW VALVE FOR THE

LAKE...AND THERE IS A RISK OF WATER SPILLING OVER THE TOP OF THE

LAKE SHOULD WATERS RISE MUCH MORE. RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY SHOULD

BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.



RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLASH

FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG

STEEP TERRAIN WHERE HEAVIER RAIN HAS FALLEN.



REMEMBER NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHICH ARE

COVERED WITH WATER.



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