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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

515 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ESTILL AND LEE COUNTIES THROUGH 

6 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM...



AT 515 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN JACKSON 

INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN IN 

ESTILL...LEE...AND JACKSON COUNTIES.



AT 341 PM...ONE PERSON HAD BEEN REPORTED DROWNED ALONG WAGERSVILLE 

ROAD IN ESTILL COUNTY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.



FLASH FLOODING PRODUCING HIGH AND FAST FLOWING WATER ALONG KENTUCKY 

HIGHWAY 52 PROMPTED THE CLOSING OF KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 52 NEAR 

CRYSTAL...ALONG THE ESTILL COUNTY AND LEE COUNTY LINE.



THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY TO CONTINUE 

OR OCCUR IN ESTILL...LEE...AND JACKSON COUNTIES.



AN ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER JACKSON 

COUNTY...2 TO 4 INCHES OVER LEE COUNTY...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER 

ESTILL COUNTY...WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN YET TO OCCUR ESPECIALLY IN 

SOUTHERN ESTILL COUNTY AND MUCH OF JACKSON COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.  

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO 

STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY 

RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING 

THE THREATENING RAINS.



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