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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

158 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY

  LETCHER COUNTY



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 155 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING 

OVER LETCHER COUNTIES AND OVER SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTIES. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE AREA IN THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

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



LAT...LON 3718 8307 3712 8277 3698 8313 3714 8321



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