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KYC019-181400-



BULLETIN 

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

712 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...



* AT 712 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TRAINING

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PERSISTENT RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF BOYD COUNTY.

  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CATLETTSBURG AND

  ASHLAND.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> 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 UP

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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