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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1045 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



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LETCHER KY-

1045 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL LETCHER COUNTY...



AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT JUST LIGHT RAIN IS FALLING OVER THE AREA CURRENTLY...BUT UP TO 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME EARLIER IN THE 

EVENING AND THE RUNOFF FROM THIS IS LIKELY STILL CAUSING HIGH WATER 

PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POTTERS

FORK...NEON JUNCTION...TOLLIVER TOWN...LOWNDES...HORN...HEMPHILL...

HAYMOND...GASKILL...DUNHAM...CROMONA...CRAFTSVILLE...CHIP...

BURDINE...MCROBERTS...JENKINS AND FLEMING-NEON



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3717 8282 3723 8273 3719 8258 3711 8276



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