

000 

WGUS73 KJKL 300900

FFSJKL



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

500 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005



KYC071-301230-

FLOYD KY-

449 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR FLOYD

COUNTY...



AT 430 AM...FLOYD COUNTY RESCUE REPORTED THAT PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED 

DUE TO HIGH WATER 3 MILES WEST OF PRESTONSBURG...AND A RESCUE WAS 

UNDERWAY.



AT 436 AM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED THAT AROUND 2 FEET OF WATER 

REMAINED OVER THE ROAD 3 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 23 ON KY 1427...BUT 

IS RECEDING.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS RAIN EVENT IN PORTIONS OF 

EXTREME NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY...WITH UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN ESTIMATED 

TO HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 2:00 AM AND 5:00 AM THIS MORNING. 

MODERATE...TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED THE BASINS OF   

JOHNS CREEK...LONG BRANCH...JENNYS CREEK...WOLF BRANCH...AND         

ABBOTT CREEK.



LAT...LON 3760 8289 3747 8281 3738 8269 3743 8265

      3771 8261 3773 8278 3771 8293



$$

PIEPER

