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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

751 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LETCHER COUNTY



* UNTIL 1145 AM EST



* AT 746 AM EST...THE LETCHER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON SMOOT CREEK ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF 

HIGHWAY 15 AND 160.  



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN OVER A LARGE PORTION OF LETCHER COUNTY OVER THE LAST 3 

HOURS.  ANOTHER HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS.   



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.



LAT...LON 3697 8315 3703 8304 3714 8305 3719 8300

          3721 8290 3726 8283 3727 8273 3723 8269

          3725 8263 3720 8257 3712 8273 3704 8273

          3698 8286 3702 8296



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