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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

650 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* THIS EXTENDS AND REPLACES THE WARNING THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL

7 PM FOR JACKSON COUNTY. 



* AT 649 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF JACKSON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES

THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE 

AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING NEAR THE TOWNS OF 

SHIRLEY...HISEL...SAND SPRINGS...AND BLANTON FLATS. THIS IS A 

SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  



ANOTHER 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE COUNTY THIS 

EVENING AS STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST.



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.



LAT...LON 3743 8414 3734 8400 3749 8393 3752 8408



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