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WGUS73 KJKL 010300

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KYC193-010400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1054 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



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



 PERRY COUNTY 



*UNTIL UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...



* AT 1045 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD ONE QUARTER

  MILE NORTH OF CHAVIES...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAZARD. 

  HIGHWAY 28 WAS REPORTED TO HAVE ABOUT ONE FOOT OF WATER ACROSS 

  THE ROAD. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LEAVE 

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER STARTS TO RISE.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. REQUEST THEY 

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



LAT...LON 3733 8343 3725 8332 3735 8312 3743 8312 3742 8331



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