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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

144 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 COUNTIES UNTIL

2 AM EDT.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 2

AM. RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVY RAINS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNINGS

EARLIER THIS EVENING ARE QUICKLY MOVING EAST AND OUT OF THE AREA.



EARLIER THIS EVENING...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 NEAR THE SANDGAP AREA.



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

MORE THAN 6 INCHES WATER COVERING THE ROAD.



IN ESTILL COUNTY...IN AND NEAR IRVINE...6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER HAS

BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADS AND THE RED LICK BRIDGE HAS BEEN WASHED OUT

ALONG WITH 10 FEET OF ROADWAY.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED....RIVERS...CREEKS AND

STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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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