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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

316 PM EST THU FEB 5 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WHITLEY AND MCCREARY 

COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EST...



AT 2 PM...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 26 NEAR THE BYPASS 

OF CORBIN WAS IMPASSABLE...AS WELL AS THE INTERSECTION OF BACON 

CREEK ROAD AND THE CUMBERLAND FALLS HIGHWAY.



AT 3 PM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THAT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 25 

EAST IN SOUTHERN CORBIN WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. A CAR WAS 

ALSO REPORTED STRANDED ON MAIN STREET IN SOUTHERN CORBIN. 



EXPECT MODERATE RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 

AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH EXPECTED BETWEEN 3:30 

AND 5 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 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.



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GEOGERIAN

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