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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1100 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON AND MARION 

COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM EDT...



AT 1055 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAINS HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS WASHINGTON AND MARION 

COUNTIES.  HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO AND HALF TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT.



AT 1055 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THREE MOBILE HOMES WERE 

WASHED AWAY INTO A NEARBY CREEK...NEAR LORETTO. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO 

REPORTED THAT A BRIDGE WAS WASHED OUT AT WIMSATT ROAD.  LOCAL 

OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED THAT WATER CONTINUES TO RUN HIGH IN MARION 

COUNTY AND IS BEGINNING TO SLOWLY RECEDE.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER 

GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT SAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN 

WATER BEGINS RISING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO

STATIONS...AND THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. REPORT

FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN

LOUISVILLE.



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