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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

606 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARLAN COUNTY



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 559 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY 

RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FELL BETWEEN 5 PM EDT AND 6 PM EDT ALONG A 

LINE FROM PUTNEY IN CENTRAL HARLAN TO LYNCH IN FAR EASTERN HARLAN.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAUSED THE HEAVY RAINS WILL PERSIST AT 

LEAST THROUGH 7 PM EDT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN 

LIKELY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

WILL ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

JACKSON KY.



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