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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

634 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007



KYC069-030130-

FLEMING KY-

634 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR

WESTERN FLEMING COUNTY...



AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THE AREAS OF GREATEST THREAT INCLUDE 

FLEMING CREEK... POORHOUSE BRANCH... MUD LICK CREEK... THREEMILE 

CREEK AND CRAINTOWN BRANCH IN WESTERN FLEMING COUNTY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3831 8386 3822 8364 3852 8368 3847 8401



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