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WGUS53 KJKL 151527

FFWJKL

KYC025-119-129-189-193-151815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1016 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY

  BREATHITT COUNTY

  OWSLEY COUNTY

  KNOTT COUNTY

  PERRY COUNTY



* UNTIL 115 PM EST



* AT 1015 AM EST...MODERATE RAIN WAS SHOWN ON THE WEATHER SERVICE 

RADAR EXTENDING FROM OWSLEY AND LEE COUNTY THROUGH BREATHITT INTO 

KNOTT COUNTY.  THIS AREA IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND WILL PERSIST 

THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 



THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ALONG THE LEE AND OWSLEY COUNTY 

BORDER...INTO SOUTHERN BREATHITT AND NORTHERN PERRY AND KNOTT 

COUNTIES. 



SOME OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS MOST AFFECTED INCLUDE...MILLSTONE 

BRANCH IN KNOTT COUNTY...THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE SOUTH FORK OF 

QUICKSAND CREEK IN BREATHITT COUNTY...TRIBUTARIES OF THE MIDDLE FORK 

OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER IN BREATHITT AND LEE COUNTIES. 



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 3719 8298 3731 8311 3730 8355 3735 8379

          3755 8390 3771 8376 3762 8349 3770 8340

          3763 8309 3747 8292 3746 8284 3742 8284

          3742 8277 3729 8272



$$

LEWIS

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000 

WGUS53 KJKL 151527

FFWJKL

KYC025-119-129-189-193-151815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1016 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY

  BREATHITT COUNTY

  OWSLEY COUNTY

  KNOTT COUNTY

  PERRY COUNTY



* UNTIL 115 PM EST



* AT 1015 AM EST...MODERATE RAIN WAS SHOWN ON THE WEATHER SERVICE 

RADAR EXTENDING FROM OWSLEY AND LEE COUNTY THROUGH BREATHITT INTO 

KNOTT COUNTY.  THIS AREA IS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND WILL PERSIST 

THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 



THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ALONG THE LEE AND OWSLEY COUNTY 

BORDER...INTO SOUTHERN BREATHITT AND NORTHERN PERRY AND KNOTT 

COUNTIES. 



SOME OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS MOST AFFECTED INCLUDE...MILLSTONE 

BRANCH IN KNOTT COUNTY...THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE SOUTH FORK OF 

QUICKSAND CREEK IN BREATHITT COUNTY...TRIBUTARIES OF THE MIDDLE FORK 

OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER IN BREATHITT AND LEE COUNTIES. 



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 3719 8298 3731 8311 3730 8355 3735 8379

          3755 8390 3771 8376 3762 8349 3770 8340

          3763 8309 3747 8292 3746 8284 3742 8284

          3742 8277 3729 8272



$$

LEWIS

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