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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1231 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



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FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-LETCHER KY-

1231 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR 

NORTHEASTERN LETCHER...SOUTHERN KNOTT...SOUTHERN PIKE AND 

EXTREME SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTIES...



AT 1223 PM EDT... THE LETCHER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING ONGOING NEAR MCROBERTS AND ALONG YONTS FORK ROAD IN 

NORTHEAST LETCHER COUNTY. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA... RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INTO THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE PINE 

TOP... DEANE... HEMPHILL... MCROBERTS... DUNHAM... JENKINS... 

ADAMSON AND SHELBY GAP AREAS.



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 3725 8236 3725 8239 3716 8264 3727 8303

      3734 8305 3740 8298 3735 8223



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