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KYC195-162315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

517 PM EDT SUN MAY 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIKE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.



* AT 506 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES SOUTH OF ELKHORN CITY...OR NEAR THE 

  POND BRANCH AREA.



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 4:30 

AND 5:00 PM. THE STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL CONTINUE TO 

DUMP ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 5:30 AND 6 PM. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...

ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK

AND MUDSLIDES.



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 3729 8249 3716 8233 3747 8189 3764 8210



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GEOGERIAN

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