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KYC069-205-060630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1240 AM EDT TUE MAY 6 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FLEMING AND ROWAN COUNTIES 

UNTIL 230 AM EDT... 



IN FLEMING COUNTY...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING CONTINUED 

AT 1220 AM EDT. ROUTE 11 WAS REPORTED CLOSED SOUTH OF FLEMINGSBURG. 

WATER WAS REPORTED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE COURTHOUSE AND A TRAILER 

HAD BEEN AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER.



IN ROWAN COUNTY...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER WAS RECEDING 

IN THE CRANSTON AREA AS OF 1220 AM. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE STILL 

FLOODED...AND HIGH WATER CONTINUED TO AFFECT U.S. ROUTE 60 IN THE 

HALDEMAN AREA. A WEATHER SPOTTER HAD REPORTED THAT THE SOUTH BRANCH 

OF TRIPLETT CREEK IN THE HAYS CROSSING AREA CAME OUT OF ITS BANKS 

AROUND 1030 PM MONDAY EVENING.



NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED IN FLEMING OR ROWAN COUNTIES 

TONIGHT.



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 FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



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