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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

523 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ESTILL COUNTY IN

EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 600 PM EDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES...THAT AS OF 515 PM 

EDT...MUCH OF THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF ESTILL 

COUNTY...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS 

THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY. DESPITE THIS...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES EXCEEDING TWO INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY TODAY... 

WITH A FEW ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVING THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN. THE 

HARDEST HIT AREAS INCLUDED COMBS...JINKS...LOCUST BRANCH...STATION 

CAMP...AND WAGERSVILLE. RUNOFF FROM THE RAINS SEEN TODAY REMAIN A 

PROBLEM IN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...AND ARE LIKELY EFFECTING THE 

BASINS OF HORNS RIVER..SPARKS BRANCH...CROOKED CREEK...KNOB LICK 

BRANCH...AND STATION CAMP CREEK THE HARDEST.



DISPATCH IS REPORTING THAT SEVERAL ROADS IN THE AREA REMAIN CLOSED 

TO TO HIGH WATER. SOME OF THESE ROADS INCLUDE HIGHWAY 3328 AT RED 

LICK ROAD...CREEKSIDE TRAIL OFF OF HIGHWAY 52...AND CLEAR CREEK OFF 

OF 52.



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.



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