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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

741 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002



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

10 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM...



AT 730 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT VERY

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF ESTILL...LEE...AND JACKSON

COUNTIES.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE PAST THREE HOURS...4 TO 6

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHERN PARTS OF JACKSON COUNTY AND

SOUTHWESTERN ESTILL. LEE COUNTY HAS HAD UP TO 2.5 INCHES OVER THE

PAST THREE HOURS.



TOTAL AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL FROM THESE SERIES OF STORMS IS UP TO 8

INCHES IN PARTS OF JACKSON AND ESTILL COUNTIES.



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.



ALSO...ONE PERSON WAS INJURED FROM FLASH FLOODING ALONG WAGERSVILLE

ROAD IN IRVINE THIS AFTERNOON.



THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY TO CONTINUE

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



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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