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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
444 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

KYC013-121-125-147-199-231-235-172200-
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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.

&&

LAT...LON 3659 8406 3697 8479 3711 8478 3711 8446
      3667 8348 3662 8367 3658 8371

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