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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

413 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009



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MAGOFFIN KY-

413 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR

EASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY...



AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WONNIE...

TELLA...STRINGTOWN...PERLIE...MASON...MASHFORK...LICKSBURG...

LAKESVILLE...IVYTON...GULLETT...GIFFORD...ELSIE...CYRUS...COON...

BURNING FORK...BRADLEY...BLOOMINGTON...EMMA AND SALYERSVILLE.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF...AND THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 

3 AND 4 PM. WHILE PRECIPITATION HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF...RAIN... 

HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL RENTER THE AREA BETWEEN 4:30 AND 5 PM FROM THE 

NORTH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAIN IN COMBINATION WITH THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WILL KEEP 

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING GOING.  



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3784 8304 3769 8294 3768 8295 3767 8293

      3764 8292 3755 8291 3767 8313 3783 8316



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