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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

415 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002



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

5 PM EDT...



AS OF 4:10 PM EDT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING 

IN LETCHER COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUN OFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT 

OCCURRED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO 

CONTINUE TO RISE. ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN STEEP 

TERRAIN.



AT 4:10 PM EDT LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL IN EASTERN LETCHER 

COUNTY...BUT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 

2 AND 4 PM OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AREAS FROM LINEFORK TO 

WHITESBURG AND ALSO BETWEEN ISOM AND FLEMING NEON. 



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



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