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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

710 AM EST WED MAR 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY

  MAGOFFIN COUNTY

  BREATHITT COUNTY



* UNTIL 100 PM EST



* AT 705 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER THE AREA. RAINS OF ONE HALF TO 

ONE INCH WILL OCCUR IN MANY LOCATIONS BY 10 AM THIS MORNING.



RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN 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. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS 

SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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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