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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1057 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LETCHER COUNTY



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 1050 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF EHKHORN MINE TO NEAR FLINT...OR FROM 12

  MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITESBURG TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITESBURG...

  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



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 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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