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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

935 AM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY FOR THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY...



ROCKCASTLE.

PULASKI.

LAUREL.

WAYNE.

WHITLEY.

MCCCREARY.

JACKSON.

OWSLEY.

KNOTT.

PERRY.

CLAY.

LESLIE.

LETCHER.

KNOX.

HARLAN.

BELL.



AS OF 930 AM EDT HEAVY RAINS HAD ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN

KENTUCKY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FROM THE RAIN THAT FELL LAST

NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN

HIGH AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. 



AT 840 AM EDT...THE DISPATCH CENTER IN PERRY COUNTY REPORTED THAT

THERE WAS WATER ON HIGHWAY 476 AT ARY. THE KNOTT COUNTY 24 HOUR

WARNING POINT REPORTED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF WATER COVERED HIGHWAY

550 NEAR HINDMAN.  



NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU COME

UPON A FLOODED ROAD TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED LOW WATER BRIDGES. 



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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