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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

936 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY.



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT THURSDAY.



* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN OF    

  AROUND 1 TO 1.75 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR HAD FALLEN OVER JACKSON   

  COUNTY FROM THUNDERSTORMS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WAS CAUSING WATER TO RISE RAPIDLY 

AND FLASH FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 30 NEAR ANNVILLE WAS REPORTED. THE 

ROAD WAS REPORTED CLOSED AT 9:33 PM WITH AROUND 8 INCHES OF WATER 

FLOWING OVER IT. IN ADDITION...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW LYING 

AREAS AND HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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 OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN 

A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

JACKSON KY.



LAT...LON 3744 8414 3729 8403 3734 8388 3739 8388

          3753 8393



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