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WGUS73 KJKL 061009

FFSJKL

KYC071-061045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

505 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004



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



  FLOYD COUNTY.



* UNTIL 545 AM EST.



* AT 240 AM EST...A SPOTTER REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 2.8 MILES        

  SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 23 AND HIGHWAY 1427...   

  OR ABOUT 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF PRESTONSBURG.  ONE FOOT OF FLOWING     

  WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. PEOPLE NEAR THIS AREA  

  SHOULD TAKE HEED AND AVOID THIS INTERSECTION. IT IS LIKELY THAT    

  THIS AREA AND PERHAPS OTHERS ARE STILL EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING 

  PROBLEMS.  HOWEVER...NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

PREDAWN HOURS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3763 8282 3748 8283 3758 8262 3770 8277



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