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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

249 PM EST THU DEC 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BARBOURVILLE



* UNTIL 845 PM EST



* AT 240 PM EST...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAIN OVER KNOX COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YEAGER...

  WILTON...WALKER...SPRULE...SILER...SALT...GUM...MOORE HILL... 

  MILLS...LOWELL...JARVIS...HINKLE...GREEN ROAD...GRAY... 

  GIBBS...GARRICH...  FLETCHER...EMMANUEL...DEWITT...CRANES 

  NEST...CANNON...BERTHA STATION...BENTLEY STATION...BARNYARD...

  BAILEYS SWITCH AND HEIDRICK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER ONE HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA. CURRENTLY US HIGHWAY 1527...INDIAN CREEK...TURKEY 

CREEK...TOWER ROAD...FERRET ROAD...HIGGINS ROAD AND CALIFORNIA 

HOLLER ROAD ARE CURRENTLY UNDER WATER AND REPORTED AS IMPASSABLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON KY.



LAT...LON 3676 8399 3679 8398 3686 8406 3696 8410

      3698 8404 3697 8397 3703 8393 3705 8387

      3702 8376 3693 8357 3682 8374 3681 8379

      3672 8385 3670 8390



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