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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

702 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUREL COUNTY



* UNTIL 1100 AM EST



* AT 645 AM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE BEGINNING TO

  BE COVERED WITH WATER IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN LAUREL COUNTY.

  DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN

  THIS AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF. THIS RAIN IS ASSOCIATED

  WITH A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH IS MOVING ACROSS

  EASTERN KENTUCKY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE

  RAIN TAPERS OFF LATER THIS MORNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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 3728 8427 3699 8430 3689 8416 3707 8397

          3730 8408



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