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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

950 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FLOYD COUNTY

  PIKE COUNTY



* UNTIL 145 PM EST



* AT 944 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN...CONTINUING TO SPREAD OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY.  THE SLOW 

MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE OF RAIN WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF 

RAIN THROUGH PIKE AND FLOYD COUNTY. 

 

AT 900 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN PIKE COUNTY REPORTED 

NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED IN WATER. SPECIFICALLY THE FLOODING WAS 

LOCATED ALONG KENTUCKY 881...ALONG HURRICANE CREEK AS WELL AS THE 

RIGHT FORK OF ISLAND CREEK. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 

FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...

ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD COULD ALSO TRIGGER

ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

FLOWING WATERS BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3753 8197 3726 8235 3720 8256 3724 8269

          3734 8276 3743 8277 3748 8292 3753 8288

          3768 8294 3775 8273 3768 8257 3768 8240

          3774 8233 3757 8215



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