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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

720 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A...



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BATH COUNTY



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 715 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN OVER ALL OF BATH COUNTY MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PEASTICKS...SLATE           

  VALLEY...OWINGSVILLE...CROOKS AND OLYMPIA. 



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER BATH COUNTY EARLY THIS 

EVENING WITH ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS. 

THIS HAS LEAD TO RUNOFF PROBLEMS...PARTICULARLY ALONG NAYLOR CREEK 

WHERE WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD WAS MAKING HIGHWAY 111 IMPASSABLE. 

ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS CAN BE ANTICIPATED AS THE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING 

AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS EVENING.  



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.



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 3829 8375 3817 8391 3801 8375 3808 8353



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