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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1130 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENIFEE COUNTY

  POWELL COUNTY

  ESTILL COUNTY

  WOLFE COUNTY



* UNTIL 315 PM EDT



* AT 1120 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 1.5 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF MENIFEE...POWELL... 

ESTILL...AND WOLFE COUNTIES DURING THE LAST HOUR.



LOCAL POLICE IN ESTILL COUNTY REPORT THAT WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD 

IN IRVINE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 52 AND SHADY LANE.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING.



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 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.



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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