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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

341 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY.



* UNTIL 745 PM EST.





AT 345 PM...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE REGION. 

RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

IN THE PAST HOUR OVER SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED GROUND.



MOUNT STERLING POLICE REPORTED THAT BETWEEN ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER 

WAS FLOWING OVER HINKSTON PIKE IN MOUNT STERLING. AT 

JEFFERSONVILLE...ABOUT ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 

460 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 599.



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 FLOODING HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON KY.



LAT...LON 3813 8388 3801 8376 3793 8378 3791 8388

          3797 8400



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