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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

951 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009



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KNOX KY-WHITLEY KY-MCCREARY KY-BELL KY-

951 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR

WESTERN BELL...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY...WHITLEY AND SOUTHERN

KNOX COUNTIES...



AT 945 AM EDT...RAIN HAD ENDED OVER ALL BUT BELL COUNTY AND SOUTHERN 

KNOX COUNTY. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS 

MORNING WILL CONTINUE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE 

POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE SOME REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING 

WERE REPORTED EARLIER THIS MORNING...THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY 

ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WILLIAMSBURG...PINEVILLE...AND BARBOURVILLE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 8427 3693 8432 3692 8369 3664 8361

      3662 8367 3658 8370



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