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WGUS53 KJKL 300742

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KYC025-109-129-189-301330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

335 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

  BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

  OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 930 AM EDT



* SINCE 9 PM FRIDAY EVENING...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE AND ONE       

  HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH

  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 



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

  JACKSON...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...ANNVILLE.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MCKEE TO 

JACKSON. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH...WITH 

LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH SUNRISE. THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN WILL CAUSE 

RAPID RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. 

ROCK AND MUDSLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



LAT...LON 3769 8381 3750 8408 3732 8406 3755 8307

      3767 8327



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