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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

230 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY IS EXTENDING THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOTT COUNTY



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT



* AT 215 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 3 

AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL 

HOURS...ESPECIALLY NEAR HINDMAN...BRINKLEY AND REDFOX. AT AROUND 230 

AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED AROUND 5 FEET OF WATER OVER 

HIGHWAY 550 IN HINDMAN. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO PASS 

ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH WILL ONLY ADD 

TO THE RUNOFF PROBLEMS. 



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.



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 HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON KY.



LAT...LON 3729 8272 3728 8281 3720 8298 3725 8310

          3739 8310 3746 8313 3752 8310 3750 8295

          3747 8291 3746 8283 3742 8283 3742 8277

          3734 8277



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