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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

444 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



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PULASKI KY-LAUREL KY-KNOX KY-WAYNE KY-WHITLEY KY-MCCREARY KY-BELL KY-

444 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN BELL...NORTHEASTERN MCCREARY...WHITLEY...NORTHEASTERN

WAYNE...SOUTHWESTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL AND SOUTHERN PULASKI

COUNTIES...



AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

PER HOUR. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL 

STREAMS...CREEKS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE RAINFALL HAS 

BEEN HEAVY ENOUGH THAT BUILDINGS LYING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL 

LIKELY FLOOD. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS HAS 

FALLEN IN THE VICINITY OF BURNSIDE...CUMBERLAND FALLS STATE 

PARK...YOUNGS CREEK... GOLDBUG...WILLIAMSBURG AND FONDE.



IN ADDITION...MUD AND ROCKSLIDES ARE LIKELY OCCURRING AND SOME 

ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY OR WILL SHORTLY BECOME IMPASSABLE AND 

POTENTIALLY DEADLY DUE TO FLOOD WATER AND DEBRIS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BETWEEN 440 

PM EDT AND 6 PM EDT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.



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 8406 3697 8479 3711 8478 3711 8446

      3667 8348 3662 8367 3658 8371



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