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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

627 AM EDT THU JUN 12 2008



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PULASKI KY-LAUREL KY-

627 AM EDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL AND EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES...



AT 622 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE 

WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM 

HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING MAY STILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING. RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL NEAR MOUNT 

VICTORY...WITH A LITTLE OVER 2.5 INCHES IN AN HOUR. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKCASTLE 

SPRINGS...MOUNT VICTORY AND BUNCH.



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.



TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL

FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3715 8437 3712 8422 3694 8432 3702 8446

TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 180DEG 0KT 3700 8437



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