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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1232 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLOWED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 

FLOYD COUNTY TO EXPIRE AT 1230 PM...



AT 1230 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

HEAVY PRECIPITATION HAD ENDED OVER FLOYD COUNTY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME CREEKS... 

STREAMS...AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS.



FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER A THREAT...THOUGH WIDE SPREAD AREAL 

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING.



AT NOON THE FLOYD COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THE LEFT 

FORK OF BEAVER CREEK WAS FLOODED AND THAT PEOPLE HAD CLIMBED TREES 

TO ESCAPE RISING WATER IN MELVIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

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

IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS 

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



LAT...LON 3730 8271 3734 8276 3739 8275 3743 8277

          3742 8283 3746 8283 3751 8289 3764 8290

          3768 8294 3772 8294 3771 8290



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