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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

623 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OWSLEY COUNTY



* UNTIL 815 AM EDT



* AT 620 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR WERE 

  MOVING OVER OWSLEY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO

  AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN HEAVY RAIN IN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS 

  WILL CONTAIN SIMILAR RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES

  PER HOUR. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH

FLOODING



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 FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3735 8367 3737 8383 3747 8378 3754 8367

          3751 8357 3739 8354 3729 8361



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GEOGERIAN

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