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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

522 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



KYC147-235-221200-

WHITLEY KY-MCCREARY KY-

522 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR MCCREARY 

AND WHITLEY COUNTIES...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK OVER SATURATED GROUNDS IN 

SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY AND SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY BETWEEN 

5:30 AND 6 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 5:30 AND 7 AM COULD TOTAL UP 

TO AN INCH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL 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.



LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE INCLUDE HOLYHILL 

IN EASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY...DUCK RUN...AYERS...AND ZION HILL IN   

SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY. 



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 8455 3661 8395 3669 8399 3677 8402

      3684 8410 3687 8446



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