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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1104 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROWAN COUNTY



* UNTIL 500 AM EST



* AT 1045 PM EST...THE ROWAN COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD REPORTED FLOODING   

  WAS OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF ROWAN COUNTY. 6 TO 7 INCHES OF        

  WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING OVER BUFFALO BRANCH ROAD IN THE 

  HAYS CROSSING AREA. ALSO...3 FEET OF STANDING WATER BACKED UP FROM 

  TRIPLETT CREEK WAS REPORTED ON CREEKSIDE DRIVE IN MOREHEAD. THE

  FLOODING IS DUE TO 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL DURING THE

  EVENING THROUGH 11 PM.



* RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND WILL BE 

  OCCASIONALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY. ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF 

  RAIN IS EXPECTED AFTER 11 PM TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE CONTINUED    

  FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE PREDAWN 

  HOURS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. LEAVE AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING 

WHEN WATER STARTS TO RISE AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3802 8344 3816 8322 3839 8342 3818 8360



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