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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

649 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 945 AM EDT...



* AT 649 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TRAINING 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR AND NORTH OF CARTER 

  CAVES STATE PARK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVED AROUND 2 INCHES OF 

  RAIN BETWEEN 5:45 AND 6:45 THIS MORNING. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE GRAYSON AND CARTER 

  CAVES.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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