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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

557 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PULASKI COUNTY

  LAUREL COUNTY

  CLAY COUNTY



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT



* AT 545 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN ALONG THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.



* THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL

  BE TRAINING ACROSS THE SAME AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS. RAINFALL RATES

  AS HIGH AS ONE INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE 

  WITH THESE STORMS. THE AREA HAS BEEN INUNDATED WITH HEAVY RAIN FOR 

  SEVERAL DAYS AND ALL RAIN WILL BECOME RUNOFF...RESULTING IN 

  NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS EXCEEDING THEIR BANKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LEAVE

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER STARTS TO RISE.



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 3694 8465 3728 8469 3732 8450 3716 8430

          3729 8422 3732 8413 3726 8404 3731 8388

          3733 8364 3726 8354 3696 8353 3705 8389

          3695 8416 3696 8439



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