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KYC205-110030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

710 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROWAN COUNTY UNTIL 

830 PM...



AT 705 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY   

RAIN NEAR CRANSTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF MOREHEAD.  THE AREA   

OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



AN ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN 5:30 PM AND 7 PM HAS 

OCCURRED IN AN AREA NEAR CRANSTON...ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF MOREHEAD. 

MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POISED TO MOVE INTO THE SAME AREA BETWEEN 7 PM 

AND 8 PM...SO THE SITUATION REMAINS DANGEROUS.  ALSO...UP TO 2 AND A 

HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM OVER PORTIONS 

OF EXTREME WESTERN ROWAN COUNTY.  SOME BASINS RECEIVING THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY...AND EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MORE HEAVY 

RAINFALL BY 8 PM...INCLUDE THE NORTH FORK OF THE TRIPLETT 

CREEK...CLEAR FORK...THREE LICK BRANCH...AND BLUEBANK BRANCH JUST 

WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF RAMEY.



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.





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

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



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