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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1142 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POWELL COUNTY



* UNTIL 545 AM EST



* AT 1140 PM EST...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF 

  WATER FLOWING OVER ADAMS RIDGE ROAD AT CLAY CITY. THE

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

  EVENING THROUGH 1140 PM.



* LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO 

  THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT WILL TAPER OFF BEFORE DAWN. A 

  QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER 1140 PM TONIGHT.

  THIS WILL PROLONG FLOODING PROBLEMS. 

  

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 FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.



LAT...LON 3786 8403 3779 8394 3771 8373 3784 8366

          3792 8377 3795 8399



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