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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

407 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT



* AT 354 AM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH          

  FLOODING WITH ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF FEET OF WATER FLOWING 

  OVER PATOKER BRANCH JUST SOUTH OF HWY 172.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  SILVERHILL...RELIEF...CANEY...CANNEL CITY...COTTLE...OPHIR AND

  WEST LIBERTY.



SOME STREAMS THAT MAY BE MOST AFFECTED INCLUDE CANEY CREEK...PAINT 

CREEK...WHEEL RIM FORK...WHITE OAK CREEK AND PATOKER BRANCH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF AROUND 

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 DRIVE ACROSS LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER AREAS COVERED IN WATER. REMEMBER... TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3781 8342 3774 8328 3791 8298 3800 8303

      3797 8345



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