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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

630 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KNOX COUNTY EXPIRED AT 630 PM 

EDT...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR PERRY AND BREATHITT COUNTIES HAVE 

BEEN REPLACED BY FLOOD WARNINGS...



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

KENTUCKY COUNTIES...



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



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.

ESTILL COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM EDT.



A SPOTTER REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ALONG ABBOTT CREEK IN 

NORTHWEST FLOYD COUNTY AT 550 PM EDT. SEVERAL TRAILERS WERE REPORTED 

FLOODED AND THE FLOOD WATERS WERE APPROACHING SEVERAL OTHER 

STRUCTURES.



EVEN THOUGH RAIN HAD ENDED IN BREATHITT AND PERRY COUNTIES FLOODING 

WAS STILL OCCURRING AT 630 PM EDT. PERRY COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED 

SQUABLLE CREEK WAS STILL FLOODED IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE 

COUNTY. BREATHITT COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 

315 IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.



AT 630 PM EDT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS EASTERN 

KENTUCKY WERE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

BECOME LESS NUMEROUS DURING THE EVENING HOURS.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF 

YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. 

NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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