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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

108 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT...



* AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST.  UP 

TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN DURING THE MORNING 

HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  THESE MAY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO 

RISE RAPIDLY OUT OF THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY WHICH RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINS 

EARLIER.   



--CALL TO ACTION-- 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.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO

SO SAFELY.

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