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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

847 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LETCHER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.



* AT 847 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY      

  RAIN MOVING ACROSS LETCHER COUNTY. ONE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF         

  INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 530 AND 830 AM IN AREAS FROM GILLEY TO

  LINEFORK TO NEAR ISOM.



* THE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  CONTINUING ACROSS LETCHER COUNTY THROUGH 11 AM EDT...AND AN 

  ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 11 AM EDT. 



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 3702 8315 3690 8299 3720 8255 3738 8277



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