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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

155 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 3 

PM EDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WHITLEY COUNTY UNTIL 

3:15 PM EDT...



FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WHITLEY COUNTY EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON. A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED ONE FOOT OF WATER 

COVERED HIGHWAY 204 NEAR CLIO AROUND 12:30 PM EDT. LOGS 6 TO 10 

INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE WASHED INTO THE ROAD NEAR LIBERTY AT THE 

INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 478 AND 895. A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER 

REPORTED 5.51 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE CLIO AREA SINCE 7 AM 

THIS MORNING...WITH 1 INCH FALLING IN 10 MINUTES.



IN KNOX COUNTY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG 

LITTLE INDIANA CREEK AND MOSLEY BRANCH LATE MONDAY MORNING.



AS OF 1:55 PM EDT HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF WHITLEY AND KNOX 

COUNTIES. HOWEVER...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS RUN 

OFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING CONTINUES.  



NEVER 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.



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