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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

851 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007



KYC063-050245-

ELLIOTT KY-

851 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY...



AT 851 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT 

COUNTY HAD DISSIPATED. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE 3 TO 3.5 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY EARLIER THIS 

EVENING...NORTH OF FARLEY. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE 

DISSIPATED...RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY STILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING...AND CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA TO OVERFLOW 

THEIR BANKS.



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.



LAT...LON 3816 8321 3817 8316 3827 8316 3824 8320

      3822 8322 3820 8326 3819 8325



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