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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

308 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LETCHER COUNTY



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 257 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL LETCHER COUNTY     

  NEAR WHITESBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFFECT CENTRAL AND  

  EASTERN LETCHER COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM EDT.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AREAS 

SOUTHWEST OF WHITESBURG BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM EDT. UP TO ANOTHER 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM EDT.



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 3704 8309 3699 8287 3719 8256 3728 8274

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