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KYC013-172230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

336 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BELL COUNTY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.



* AT 333 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN BELL COUNTY...NEAR THE       

  COMMUNITIES OF INGRAM...AND FERNDALE. YELLOW CREEK AND GREASY      

  CREEK ARE MOST AT RISK OF RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. DOPPLER RADAR 

  PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND ONE HALF 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO     

  MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...FLASH FLOODING         

  IS EXPECTED. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ROADS...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 

FLOODING



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 3674 8383 3660 8392 3667 8348 3679 8352



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