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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1117 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ESTILL COUNTY...

  LAUREL COUNTY...

  WHITLEY COUNTY...

  MCCREARY COUNTY...

  JACKSON COUNTY...

  CLAY COUNTY...

  LESLIE COUNTY...

  LETCHER COUNTY...

  KNOX COUNTY...

  HARLAN COUNTY...

  AND BELL COUNTY...



* UNTIL 215 PM EST



* AT 1112 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY   

RAIN MOVING OUT OF TENNESSEE AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THIS 

AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. 



AS OF 11 AM WATER WAS REPORTED OVER SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS IN 

IRVINE. 



WITH THE HEAVY RAIN FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY.  THIS IS A SERIOUS 

SITUATION AND THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

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

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 3789 8407 3733 8415 3699 8442 3663 8482

          3662 8372 3679 8315 3698 8286 3719 8257

          3731 8274 3705 8311 3706 8321 3718 8321

          3738 8382 3756 8392 3777 8377



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