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KYC025-310215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

711 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BREATHITT COUNTY



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT



* AT 708 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM NEAR NOCTOR TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF COPEBRANCH...OR FROM

  3 MILES EAST OF JACKSON TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOONEVILLE.  THE

  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLIC REPORTS OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN CREEKS IN 

THE ELKATAWA AND OAKDALE COMMUNITIES.



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 3760 8332 3763 8346 3760 8356 3752 8359

          3746 8355 3742 8349 3746 8319



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