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KYC011-025-051-069-071-115-121-131-153-165-173-189-193-162200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

522 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NUMEROUS EASTERN 

KENTUCKY COUNTIES...



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM EDT.

KNOX...BREATHITT...AND PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

OWSLEY COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM EDT.

MONTGOMERY...MENIFEE AND LESLIE COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM EDT.

FLOYD AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT.

MAGOFFIN COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM EDT.

BATH AND FLEMING COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT.



AT 330 PM EDT A PUBLIC REPORT INDICATED THAT SQUABBLE CREEK WAS OUT 

OF ITS BANKS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF PERRY COUNTY...WITH PARTS OF 

HIGHWAY 2022 FLOODED. 



KNOX COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT CULVERTS WERE STOPPED 

UP AT BENNET BRANCH AND SEVERAL HOMES WERE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER 

AROUND 4 PM EDT.



AT 428 PM EDT A SPOTTER REPORTED WATER ON CANE CREEK ROAD IN CLAY 

COUNTY.



AT 430 PM EDT FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE FRENCHBURG AREA BY 

MENIFEE COUNTY DISPATCH. ROUTE 460 WAS CLOSED WITH ONE FOOT OF WATER 

COVERING THE ROAD. A HEAD START SCHOOL WAS ALSO BEING EVACUATED AT 

THIS TIME.  



AT 430 PM EDT A SPOTTER REPORTED SIX INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS 

JEFFERSON STREET IN PAINTSVILLE IN JOHNSON COUNTY.



A SPOTTER REPORTED LEVEE ROAD...KIDDVILLE ROAD AND WHITAKER ROAD IN 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY FLOODED AT 446 PM EDT.



COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HIGHWAY 111 UNDER WATER IN THE GRANGE CITY 

AREA OF FLEMING COUNTY AT 449 PM EDT.



IN FLOYD COUNTY HIGHWAY 119 NEAR THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY WAS REPORTED 

FLOODED...AND A MUDSLIDE WAS AFFECTING THE SAME AREA. THIS WAS 

REPORTED BY COUNTY DISPATCH AT 458 PM EDT.



COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A MUDSLIDE IN THE CONFLUENCE AREA OF LESLIE 

COUNTY AT 502 PM EDT.



AT 515 PM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO AFFECT MUCH OF 

EASTERN KENTUCKY. HOWEVER THE RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LESS NUMEROUS DURING THE 

EVENING HOURS.



EVEN WHERE RAIN HAS STOPPED RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE...AND FLASH 

FLOODING REMAINS LIKELY.

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SBH

    

 

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