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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

635 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...



  PULASKI COUNTY.

  LAUREL COUNTY.

  WHITLEY COUNTY.



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT.



* AT 635 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN     

  NEAR WALDEN...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST 

  AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  WOODBINE AROUND 640 AM EDT.

  REDBIRD AROUND 645 AM EDT.

  GOLDBUG AROUND 650 AM EDT.

  WOFFORD AROUND 700 AM EDT.



AT 457 AM...PULASKI COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED ONE FOOT OF FLOWING 

WATER OVER HIGHWAY 80 ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF THE LAUREL COUNTY LINE. 

IN ADDITION...AT 625 AM...THE WHITLEY COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED TWO 

TO THREE FEET OF FLOWING WATER OVER HIGHWAY 1193 ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH 

OF CORBIN. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AT A RATE OF 

AROUND TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR OVER WHITLEY COUNTY. OVER LAUREL 

AND WHITLEY COUNTY...RUNOFF CONTINUES AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. 



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 

LOW WATER CRSSINGS OR OTHER AREAS WITH FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3716 8443 3701 8443 3696 8430 3668 8426

          3676 8401 3714 8426



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