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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

220 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004



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

EASTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 445 AM EDT...



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 

12:30 AND 2:00 AM NEAR JOHNS CREEK...LANE BRANCH...AS WELL AS 

PINSON FORK IN CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY. COMMUNITIES SUCH AS 

KIMPER...DESKIN...MCANDREWS...AND PHYLLIS HAVE ALSO SEEN OVER TWO 

AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN.



NEARLY STATIONARY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAIN THEMSELVES OUT 

OVER CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN 2:30 AND 3:30 AM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL OF UP TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 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



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.



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