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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

928 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUREL COUNTY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT.



* AT 925 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 2 MILES WEST OF OAKLEY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  LONDON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.



* NEARLY STATIONARY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 8:30 AND 9:30 AM ACROSS NORTHERN 

  LAUREL COUNTY. HELLARD BRANCH AND LAUREL BRANCH IN BETWEEN INTERSTATE

  75 AND HIGHWAY 490 HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY HIT HARD. 

  

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAIN THEMSELVES OUT ACROSS THE AREA

BETWEEN 9:30 AND 10:30 AM. ANOTHER INCH TO INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN CAN

BE 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 3717 8425 3723 8426 3725 8423 3728 8423

      3730 8415 3732 8413 3732 8411 3731 8411

      3726 8404 3718 8406



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