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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

502 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIKE COUNTY.



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.



* AT 456 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PIKE COUNTY.

  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR

AND UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE 

THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE FLASH 

FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



THE PIKEVILLE STATE POLICE POST REPORTED 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER FLOWING 

OVER THE ROAD IN ISLAND CREEK AND HOOPWOOD HOLLOW AREAS AT 5 PM.



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.



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.



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