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WGUS53 KJKL 152004

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KYC165-160000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

400 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENIFEE COUNTY



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 357 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF RATLITT TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  POMEROYTON...OR FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRENCHBURG TO 6 MILES    

  NORTH OF CAMPTON. AN AVERAGE OF ONE...TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES   

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1 PM.



AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING ACROSS THE REGION WILL 

PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES BY EARLY 

EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK OVER AREAS ALREADY SATURATED FROM 

EARLIER RAINS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS 

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

ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. 



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 3797 8379 3787 8370 3782 8355 3797 8344

          3806 8351



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