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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

913 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  PIKE COUNTY



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 910 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY   RAIN CONTINUALLY DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

PIKE COUNTY. AN ESTIMATED THREE QUARTERS INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE 8 AM IN THE VICINITY OF ROB FORK...GREASY CREEK...AND 

THE LEVISA FORK OF THE BIG SANDY RIVER IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PIKE 

COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO 

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



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 3753 8197 3726 8235 3720 8256 3725 8263

          3724 8269 3728 8272 3741 8260 3768 8261

          3769 8250 3768 8240 3774 8233 3768 8231

          3763 8218 3757 8215



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