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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

916 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LESLIE COUNTY



* UNTIL 115 PM EST



* AT 907 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER ONE 

AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOUTHERN LESLIE COUNTY 

DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. THIS RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY PRECIPITATION...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OVER A HALF INCH...ARE 

POSSIBLE BEFORE RAIN TAPERS OFF LATER TODAY.



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 3718 8354 3690 8347 3699 8325 3709 8318

          3716 8322



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