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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1136 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2003



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



  MENIFEE COUNTY



* UNTIL 145 PM EDT



* AT 1120 AM EDT...A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED EXCESSIVE         

  RAINFALL OVER FRENCHBURG. SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING...UP TO 3.75     

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN FRENCHBURG.  THIS HAS CAUSED UP TO 18 

  INCHES OF WATER TO FLOW OVER A BRIDGE NEAR THE OBSERVERS 

  HOME IN FRENCHBURG. THE STORMS THAT ARE CAUSING FLASH 

  FLOODING ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WELLINGTON...BIG WOODS...   

  CEDAR GROVES AND CLAY LICK.  



RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE CLAY 

LICK...CEDAR GROVES...FRENCHBURG...AND ROTHWELL COMMUNITIES.



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



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL

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



LAT...LON 3802 8376 3793 8380 3785 8367 3787 8351

          3803 8344 3805 8350



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OUDEMAN

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