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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1057 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

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JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-POWELL KY-
WOLFE KY-LEE KY-BREATHITT KY-FLOYD KY-
1057 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...
NORTH CENTRAL BREATHITT...NORTHEASTERN LEE...WOLFE...SOUTHEASTERN
POWELL...SOUTHERN MORGAN...SOUTHERN MENIFEE...MARTIN...NORTHERN
MAGOFFIN AND JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM EST...

AT 1054 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...EXCESS RUNOFF CONTINUES AND 
WATER IS COLLECTING INTO THE LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS. AROUND 1030 
PM EST...JOHNSON COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED HIGH WATER AND FLASH 
FLOODING OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO 
LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG THE LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT MUCH 
OF NORTHERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY AND IN MARTIN COUNTY.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE 
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...CAMPTON...INEZ...PAINTSVILLE... 
SALYERSVILLE...WEST LIBERTY...WITTENSVILLE...STAFFORDSVILLE... 
THELMA...CANNEL CITY...BLOOMINGTON...OIL SPRINGS...TOMAHAWK... 
ADELE...ANDY... AUXIER...BAKER... BALLOT...BAPTIST...BARNETTS  
CREEK...BARNROCK...BAYS BRANCH...BEAUTY...BELKNAP...BETHANNA... 
BETHANY...BLAIR...BOBBS...BOONS CAMP...BOOTH...BRADBURY... 
BRADLEY...BROWNLOW...BUFFALO...BURG...BURKHART AND BURNING FORK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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LAT...LON 3761 8368 3790 8369 3799 8288 3790 8268
      3789 8261 3795 8259 3797 8253 3795 8249
      3792 8248 3791 8244 3787 8241 3785 8241
      3783 8240 3776 8231

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