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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

543 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCCREARY COUNTY

  WAYNE COUNTY

  KNOX COUNTY

  WHITLEY COUNTY

  PULASKI COUNTY

  LAUREL COUNTY



* UNTIL 1200 PM EDT



* AT 523 PM EDT(423 PM CDT)...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  FROM SHOPVILLE TO 37 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO...OR FROM 12 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF SOMERSET TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOMPKINSVILLE...

  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



THE CURRENT WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO AN AREA THAT 

RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING.  THIS AREA ALSO HAS BEEN 

THE TARGET ZONE FOR HEAVY RAIN FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND THE 

GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED.  THE CURRENT STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD 

ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL OF ANY SIZE...OR 

WATER OUT OF STREAM BANKS OR RUNNING ACROSS ROADS HAVE THE NEAREST 

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON KY.



LAT...LON 3733 8483 3662 8517 3661 8400 3694 8356

          3721 8406

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DUSTY

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