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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

349 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

  MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 945 AM EDT



* AT 330 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 1.25    

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTHERN        

  JOHNSON COUNTY AND WESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES BETWEEN 330 AM AND 630  

  AM.



* AT 340 AM EDT...DISPATCH IN MARTIN COUNTY REPORTED THAT 3.5 TO 4   

  FEET OF WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HWY 2031 NEAR BEAUTY AND THAT ROUTE 

  40 IN INEZ WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



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

  OF OLD ROAD FORK...LAUREL FORK...WALNUT FORK...LITTLE ROCKCASTLE   

  CREEK AND WOLF CREEK IN MARTIN COUNTY....AND LITTLE PAINT          

  CREEK...ASA CREEK...DANIELS CREEK...BRUSHY FORK...AND LICK FORK IN 

  JOHNSON COUNTY.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A LINE FROM BALLOT IN JOHNSON 

COUNTY...TO DAVISPORT IN MARTIN COUNTY.



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 3802 8289 3788 8296 3774 8293 3773 8283

      3772 8244 3792 8220



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