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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

756 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



KYC013-051-109-131-189-193-235-180002-

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JACKSON KY-OWSLEY KY-PERRY KY-CLAY KY-LESLIE KY-WHITLEY KY-BELL KY-

756 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BELL...

EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL WHITLEY...WEST CENTRAL LESLIE...CLAY...EXTREME

WEST CENTRAL PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN OWSLEY AND JACKSON COUNTIES...



CALLS TO COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT HIGH WATER HAS RECEDED AND 

THAT FLASH FLOOD IS NOT OCCURRING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



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 3742 8447 3739 8441 3736 8431 3733 8426

      3728 8417 3704 8388 3696 8394 3708 8417

      3714 8440 3723 8451 3729 8462 3736 8457

      3734 8452



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KYC121-125-199-203-180100-

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ROCKCASTLE KY-PULASKI KY-LAUREL KY-KNOX KY-

756 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL KNOX...LAUREL...NORTHEASTERN PULASKI AND SOUTHERN ROCKCASTLE

COUNTIES...



RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FEEL FROM 

THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING. THIS WATER CONTINUES TO RUNOFF 

INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS AND MAY BE CAUSING HIGH WATER AND FLASH 

FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. SINCE THE HEAVIEST RAIN ENDED 

SHORTLY AFTER 6 PM EDT...THE WATER IS LIKELY RECEDING AT THIS TIME.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY SUCH AS LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. 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 3742 8447 3739 8441 3736 8431 3733 8426

      3728 8417 3704 8388 3696 8394 3708 8417

      3714 8440 3723 8451 3729 8462 3736 8457

      3734 8452



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