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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

546 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUREL COUNTY.



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.



* AT 542 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN FALLING FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM NEAR LONDON.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN ONE AND 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER CENTRAL LAUREL 

COUNTY.



COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT AROUND ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS FLOWING 

OVER NORTH MILL STREET IN LONDON. SINCE THIS THUNDERSTORM IS NEARLY 

STATIONARY AND WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF LAUREL COUNTY 

FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS AND 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IS LIKELY IN AND NEAR LONDON.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A 

SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW 

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

FORECAST OFFICE IN JACKSON KY.



LAT...LON 3716 8424 3703 8408 3713 8400 3725 8407



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