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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

515 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARTER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 815 AM EDT...



* AT 505 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAYSON...OR ABOUT OVER GRAYSON LAKE

  STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE CARTER CAVES STATE

  PARK...OLIVE HILL...DENTON AND GESLING.



RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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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