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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1200 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT...



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ESTILL...LEE...OWSLEY...

JACKSON...ROCKCASTLE...PULASKI...MCCREARY AND WHITLEY COUTIES UNTIL

2 AM EDT.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. AS OF

1130 PM EDT...RAINFALL REPORTS OF 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND

FLOODING WAS OBSERVED. POLICE REPORTED 2 FEET OF FLOWING WATER AT

BROADHEAD IN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY. THE WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY

150 AND 1229 EAST OF BROADHEAD.



IN JACKSON COUNTY...AT 1140 PM...5 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER COVERED

ROADS...WITH THE WORST FLOODING AT SANDGAP.



IN PULASKI COUNTY...HIGHWAY 635 WAS CLOSED NEAR SCIENCE HILL WITH

MORE THAN 6 INCHES WATER COVERING THE ROAD.



THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE REGION THROUGH 1 AM EDT...

AND WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL

CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IF YOU OBSERVED ANY FLOODING...PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT...AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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