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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1014 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LETCHER COUNTY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT.



* AT 1013 AM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A FLASH FLOOD NEAR      

  COWAN...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF WHITESBURG.  THE AREA OF     

  MODERATE RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. 



MODERATE RAINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS HAVE DROPPED BETWEEN 1 

AND 1 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN THE WHITESBURG AREA. THIS RAIN 

HAS CAUSED THE LITTLE COWAN CREEK TO FLOOD ITS BANK AND ENTER HOMES 

ALONG HIGHWAY 2035 IN THE COWAN AREA INCLUDING THE COWAN ELEMENTARY 

SCHOOL. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF WATER IS RUNNING ACROSS HIGHWAY 931 

IN THIS AREA. 



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 3698 8308 3703 8304 3705 8306 3708 8303

      3716 8304 3727 8273 3723 8269 3724 8264

      3718 8262 3712 8273 3708 8273 3698 8286

      3702 8296 3698 8308



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