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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

948 AM EDT MON AUG 26 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:30 AM FOR 

WHITLEY AND WESTERN KNOX COUNTIES.



AT 9:35 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA THIS 

MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN AREA FROM NEAR INDIAN 

CREEK AND WILTON IN KNOX COUNTY...WESTWARD TO WALDEN AND KRUPP IN 

WHITLEY COUNTY...THEN SOUTH TO LIBERTY AND BON. THIS RAINFALL IS 

ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF DITCHES AND CREEKS, AS WELL AS 

SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS.



AT 9:15 AM WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE RISING ONTO ROUTE 25 BETWEEN 

CLIO AND SHINER CHURCH ROAD.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO 

ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG 

STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE 

AND PROPERTY.  



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON KY.

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