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WGUS53 KJKL 061046

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KYC095-061645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

540 AM EST SAT MAR 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARLAN COUNTY.



* UNTIL 1145 AM EST.



* AT 536 AM EST...THE HARLAN STATE POLICE POST REPORTED A FLASH      

  FLOOD ALONG THE CLOVER FORK OF THE CUMBERLAND RIVER ON KY HIGHWAY  

  38. UP TO TWO FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE COVERING THE ROAD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS JUST ENDED WILL LIKELY 

CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE 

CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. 

SIGNIFICANT RISES AT OTHER LOCATIONS ON THE CLOVER...POOR AND 

MARTINS FORK OF THE CUMBERLAND RIVER ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH FLASH 

FLOODING OF THEIR TRIBUTARIES.



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 3688 8349 3690 8340 3701 8317 3695 8316

          3700 8293 3697 8286 3688 8287 3686 8309

          3677 8314 3668 8349



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