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KYC115-160700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

128 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT



* AT 130 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALLOT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  PAINTSVILLE. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR 

CONTINUE TO PLAGUE SOUTHWEST JOHNSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

NEARLY AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL HAS ACCUMULATED OVER THE 

LITTLE PAINT CREEK...K FORK...AND ASA CREEK STREAM BASINS IN THE 

PAST HOUR. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...

ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK

AND MUDSLIDES.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3780 8274 3774 8278 3772 8289 3770 8291

          3772 8295 3778 8296 3780 8299 3786 8300

          3790 8294



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