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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

411 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  ROWAN COUNTY



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT



ALTHOUGH...AS OF 4 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAD INDICATED THAT HEAVY 

RAIN HAD COME TO AN END ACROSS THE COUNTY...IN EXCESS OF TWO AND ONE 

HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN OVER A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL 

ROWAN COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS OF 

CRIX...GATES...CHRISTY...PELFREY...LICK FORK...AND BANGOR. 

ALSO...DISPATCH HAS REPORTED THAT THERE ARE STILL SEVEREAL SMALLER 

ROADS ACROSS THE AREA STILL UNDER WATER...AND KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 519 5 

MILES SOUTH OF MORHEAD HAD ONLY REOPENED AT ABOUT 4 PM AFTER BEING 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



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



HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND

UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY

MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO

RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

PLEASE PASS YOUR FLOOD REPORTS TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON.



LAT...LON 3819 8326 3818 8320 3813 8326 3806 8339

          3820 8356 3836 8342



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