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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

805 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FLEMING AND ROWAN COUNTIES 

UNTIL 9 PM...



DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT OVER TWO AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN  

HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF ROWAN AND FLEMING COUNTIES BETWEEN 6 AND 8 

PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LINING UP TO THE WEST AND HEADING 

EAST INTO THE AREA. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AT RATES OF AN 

INCH PER HOUR OR HIGHER THROUGH 9 PM. THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND 

ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF.



THIS EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS...AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 

FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE.



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GEOGERIAN

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