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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

158 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



KYC235-220800-

WHITLEY KY-

158 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR WHITLEY 

COUNTY...



AT 156 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES

UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 12:30

AND 2 AM ALONG A LINE FROM LOT...TO RED ASH...TO ZION HILL IN 

SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAIN THEMSELVES OUT 

ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM THIS MORNING...WITH UP TO AN 

ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3660 8429 3660 8395 3670 8402 3670 8426



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