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KYC019-127-WVC099-060430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

839 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOYD COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT...



* AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND FAR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE ASHLAND...BLAINE...  

CANNONSBURG...CATLETTSBURG...LOUISA...YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...  

BEECH FORK STATE PARK...CEREDO...EAST LYNN LAKE...FORT GAY...  

KENOVA...WAYNE...BURNAUGH...CENTERVILLE...AND DUNLOW.



UP TO 1.5 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA THROUGH EARLY 

AFTERNOON.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

TO INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF 

HOURS.  



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO 

TRAIN OVER THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  STRONG RISES ON 

CREEKS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED.





--CALL TO ACTION-- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO

SO SAFELY.



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