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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

343 PM EST FRI JAN 2 2004



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



  KNOX COUNTY



* UNTIL 430 PM EST



* AT 343 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER 

  KNOX COUNTY...BUT HIGH WATER WILL REMAIN A CONCERN FOR A WHILE     

  LONGER AS RUN OFF FROM THE EARLIER RAINS CONTINUES.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 4:30 PM 

EST. AT 3 PM KNOX COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL HOMES IN 

THE GREENWOOD AND GRAYS AREAS CONTINUE TO HAVE WATER WITHIN INCHES 

OF THE FLOOR. THE WATER WILL SLOWLY RETREAT LATER THIS EVENING AS 

THE RUN OFF MOVES DOWNSTREAM. 



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 3676 8398 3687 8407 3697 8410 3703 8385

          3693 8356 3680 8378 3670 8389



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