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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

655 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



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KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-MCCREARY KY-

655 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN MCCREARY...CENTRAL WHITLEY AND KNOX COUNTIES...



AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE AREA HAS RECEIVED 

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 

INCHES AN HOUR...OR GREATER HAVING BEEN RECORDED. ALSO...RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATE AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS IN SOME LOCATIONS. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE 

SAME GENERAL AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH EXCESSIVE RUNOFF OVER A SATURATED 

GROUND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OVER THE AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITLEY 

CITY...YEAGER...WOODBINE...WILTON...WALKER...WALDEN...SUTTONS 

MILL...REDBIRD...BENTLEY STATION...MILLS...LOWELL...LOUDEN... 

CUMBERLAND FALLS S.P. ...BEULAH HEIGHTS...WILLIAMSBURG...LIBERTY AND 

BARBOURVILLE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 3659 8431 3659 8446 3660 8447 3660 8474

      3680 8449 3701 8382 3693 8358 3682 8377

      3676 8394 3672 8409 3667 8420 3659 8429



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