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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1040 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  MENIFEE...

  POWELL...

  JOHNSON...

  MARTIN...

  MAGOFFIN...

  WOLFE...



STEADY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE AREA AND WILL PERSIST INTO 

THE EARLY AFTERNOON.  



AS OF 1030 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ROUTE 40 AT 

TOMAHAWK COVERED WITH 1 FOOT OF WATER AND AT WARFIELD WATER COVERED 

HIGHWAY 40 TO A DEPTH OF 2 FEET. 



IN POWELL COUNTY...THE RED RIVER WAS OVER BANK...WITH FIELDS FLOODED 

ALONG HIGHWAY 15 AND THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE REST OF THE 

AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO REDUCE SPEEDS AS PONDING OF WATER 

ON ROADWAYS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 

LOOSENED THE SOIL...RESULTING IN NUMEROUS ROCK AND MUDSLIDES 

THROUGHOUT EASTERN KENTUCKY. 



DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER COVERED ROADS AS THE DEPTH MAY BE UNKNOWN 

AND THE ROADWAY MAY BE WASHED OUT.  



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

JACKSON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND 

RADIO STATIONS...AND THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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