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WGUS73 KJKL 122343

FFSJKL

KYC133-130100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

731 PM EDT SAT JUN 12 2004



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



  LETCHER COUNTY.



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



LETCHER COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTS CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

COWAN COMMUNITY NEAR WHITESBURG. SPECIFICALLY...STATE POLICE 

REPORTED THAT RESIDENTS WERE BEING EVACUATED IN THE COWAN AREA AT 

6:20 PM EDT. IN ADDITION...HIGHWAY 931 SOUTH AT COWAN CREEK AND 

HIGHWAY 2035 AT LITTLE COWAN CREEK ARE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 

WATER. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS WILL MOVE INTO LETCHER 

COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING AND COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE ON-GOING FLASH 

FLOODING. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 

PM EDT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE CONTINUED 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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LEAVE

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER STARTS TO RISE.



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 3705 8305 3717 8304 3723 8288 3727 8273

          3720 8258 3713 8270 3705 8273 3701 8283

          3702 8295 3699 8312



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