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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1000 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHITLEY COUNTY

  MCCREARY COUNTY



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1000 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL HAS OCCURED ACROSS SOUTHERN MCCREARY COUNTY AND WHITLEY   

  COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE ON THE WAY AS A COLD FRONT PASSES     

  THROUGH THE AREA. UP TO ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE     

  BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM EDT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD 

ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



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 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.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

JACKSON KY.



LAT...LON 3667 8477 3659 8391 3698 8409 3697 8438



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