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WGUS73 KJKL 172351

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KYC133-180045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

745 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003



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

UNTIL 845 PM EDT...



THE WHITESBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS AS OF 7:35 PM THAT DOTY CREEK 

ROAD WAS STILL FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE AT SOME LOCATIONS ABOVE SUNNY 

POINT DRIVE. HOWEVER...THEY ALSO REPORT THAT THE FLOOD WATERS ARE 

RECEDING IN THE COUNTY. WITH NO MORE HEAVY RAIN ANTICIPATED...WATER 

LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF 

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

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