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KYC019-089-190500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

902 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  GREENUP COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT...



* THE FIRST ROUND OF RAIN DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS

  BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM AND RUNOFF HAS CAUSED AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS

  TO REACH BANKFULL OR PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.



* AT 9 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 

  DEVELOPING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA

  FROM THE WEST...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IS GREAT. 

  RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING

  TO BEGIN.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE GREENUP...

  CATLETTSBURG...CANNONSBURG AND ASHLAND.



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

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



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LAT...LON 3864 8287 3874 8291 3874 8311 3855 8313

          3845 8301 3838 8279 3828 8277 3829 8259

          3843 8259



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