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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

559 AM EST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHITLEY COUNTY...

  MCCREARY COUNTY...

  CLAY COUNTY...

  LESLIE COUNTY...

  LETCHER COUNTY...

  KNOX COUNTY...

  HARLAN COUNTY...

  BELL COUNTY...



* UNTIL 9 AM EST.



* PUBLIC AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERAL ROADS IN THE AREA ARE CLOSED DUE 

TO SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THEM AND MANY SMALL STREAMS 

AND CREEKS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND HAVE PROMPTED EVACUATIONS IN 

MANY AREAS. RUNOFF FROM AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN 

FALLING THIS MORNING ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS 

TO CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO 

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND 

TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN THE 

WATER STARTS TO RISE. 



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS ARE DEADLY WHEN FLOODING IS OCCURRING AS ONLY A 

SMALL AMOUNT OF FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP YOUR VEHICLE AWAY. FIND AN 

ALTERNATE ROUTE OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON KY.



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