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WGUS73 KJKL 022034

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KYC071-119-133-195-022100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

321 PM EST FRI JAN 2 2004



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



  FLOYD COUNTY

  PIKE COUNTY

  KNOTT COUNTY

  LETCHER COUNTY



* UNTIL 400 PM EST



* AT 321 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUING 

  OVER PIKE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR PIKE...FLOYD...KNOTT...AND 

LETCHER COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM EST. THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL FINALLY 

LIFT OUT OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY AFTER 4 PM EST. IN THE MEANTIME... 

CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH LEADING TO CONTINUED FLOOD 

CONCERNS. AT 2:49 PM EST LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER RUNNING OVER 

HIGHWAY 550 AND 160 IN HINDMAN IN KNOTT COUNTY. IN PIKE COUNTY...A 

MUDSLIDE HAS CLOSED ONE LANE OF ROUTE 805...HIGH WATER FORCED THE 

CLOSURE OF ROUTE 197 IN PENNY BOTTOM AND HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED IN 

THE TOWNS VIRGIE AND DORTON. 



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 3722 8306 3753 8313 3747 8288 3763 8290

          3776 8275 3769 8256 3770 8230 3749 8202

          3730 8229 3714 8271 3701 8283 3701 8310



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BRITT/GREIF

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