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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

737 AM EST WED MAR 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARTIN COUNTY

  WAYNE COUNTY

  WHITLEY COUNTY

  MCCREARY COUNTY

  FLOYD COUNTY

  KNOTT COUNTY

  PERRY COUNTY

  CLAY COUNTY

  LESLIE COUNTY

  KNOX COUNTY



* UNTIL 130 PM EST



* AT 735 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. 

RAINS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL OCCUR BY 11 AM THIS MORNING.



RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE 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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