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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

1245 AM EST SAT JAN 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY   

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON



* UNTIL 445 AM EST



* AT 1238 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND EVEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...BRINGING HEAVY

  RAINS TO ROCKCASTLE COUNTY. ALREADY ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO AND    

  ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN

  IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY FROM SCIENCE HILL TO EUBANK.



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

  BRODHEAD...RENFRO VALLEY...MUELLERSVILLE AND LAKE LINVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE-QUARTER TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN 

INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA BEFORE RAINS TAPER OFF BETWEEN 

2:30 AND 3 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3729 8441 3723 8421 3741 8421 3741 8444



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