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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1120 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENIFEE COUNTY.



* UNTIL 315 AM EDT.



* AT 1116 PM EDT...WATER WAS RISING FAST AND BEGINNING TO FLOW OVER ROADWAYS.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER CENTRAL 

MENIFEE COUNTY SOUTH OF FRENCHBURG IN AREAS SUCH AS FAGAN AND MARIBA. RUNOFF 

FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AS WELL

AS AREAS ROADWAYS.



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

LOW WATER CROSSINGS, 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 FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON KY.



LAT...LON 3795 8375 3785 8362 3789 8353 3803 8354



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