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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

555 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...



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.

ROWAN COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM EDT.



THE FOLLOWING ARE REPORTS RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST FLASH FLOOD 

STATEMENT WAS ISSUED. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED KIDVILLE ROAD CLOSED 

TWO MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT STERLING AT 515 PM EDT. PARTS OF STATE 

ROUTE 11 WERE ALSO REPORTED CLOSED.



AT 525 PM EDT COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 32 FLOODED 

ALONG THE ROWAN-FLEMING COUNTY LINE. 



KNOX COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ONE GARAGE DAMAGED AND 

SEVERAL CULVERTS WASHED OUT IN THE BENNET BRANCH AREA. THIS OCCURRED 

AROUND 4 PM EDT.



AT 540 PM EDT BATH COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED WATER OVER KENTUCKY 

ROUTE 1269...3 MILES EAST OF OWINGSVILLE...AND U.S. 60 EAST 4 MILES 

EAST OF OWINGSVILLE.  



AT 550 PM EDT WMDJ RADIO REPORTED TWO TRAILERS SUBMERGED BY FLOOD 

WATERS IN THE DAVID AREA OF MILLS BRANCH. THE LEFT FORK OF ABBOTS 

CREEK WAS ALSO REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS.



AT 555 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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