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000 

WGUS53 KJKL 300634

FFWJKL

KYC071-301230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

234 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 830 AM EDT



* AT 220 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF 

  WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD 3 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 23 ON KY 1427.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED THE BASINS OF 

JOHNS CREEK...LONG BRANCH...JENNYS CREEK...WOLF BRANCH...AND ABBOTT 

CREEK.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS RAIN EVENT...WITH UP TO 0.5 

INCHES OF RAIN ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 3:30 AM AND 6:30 AM 

THIS MORNING. MODERATE...TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3759 8289 3759 8267 3770 8260 3773 8278

      3770 8292



$$



PIEPER

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000 

WGUS53 KJKL 300636 CCA

FFWJKL

KYC071-301230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

234 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 830 AM EDT



* AT 220 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF 

  WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD 3 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 23 ON KY 1427.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED THE BASINS OF 

  JOHNS CREEK...LONG BRANCH...JENNYS CREEK...WOLF BRANCH...AND       

  ABBOTT CREEK.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN THROUGH THE DURATION OF THIS RAIN EVENT...WITH UP TO 0.5 

INCHES OF RAIN ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN 3:30 AM AND 6:30 AM 

THIS MORNING. MODERATE...TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3759 8289 3759 8267 3770 8260 3773 8278

      3770 8292



$$



PIEPER

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