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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

650 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELLIOTT COUNTY UNTIL 9:00 AM 

EDT...



COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED RUNNING WATER ACROSS KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 

7...FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDY HOOK. DISPATCH ALSO REPORTED THAT 

HIGHWAY 7 WAS BEING CLOSED. RAINFALL ESTIMATES APPROACHING 3 INCHES 

IN THE LAST 3 HOURS HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR TO THE WEST OF 

SANDY HOOK. AT 635 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 

CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS ELLIOTT COUNTY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS...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.



LAT...LON 3827 8316 3821 8308 3821 8301 3817 8298

          3817 8292 3813 8289 3800 8305 3803 8320

          3807 8326 3813 8324 3817 8320 3820 8325

          3822 8321 3825 8320



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