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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1154 AM EDT MON AUG 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1149 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY. THE

  HEAVIEST RAIN THIS MORNING OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM AROUND INDIAN  

  CREEK WESTWARD TO THE COUNTY LINE. AT 11:30 AM EMERGENCY PERSONNEL 

  REPORTED FLOODING ALONG LITTLE INDIAN CREEK AND MOSLEY BRANCH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

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

ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO 

ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD 

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG 

STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE 

AND PROPERTY.  



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 3699 8395 3698 8406 3695 8412 3682 8402

          3684 8393 3686 8388



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