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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

122 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT



* AT 116 AM EDT...A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING 

  RAINFALL RATES UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MCCREARY

  COUNTY. MANY LOCATIONS IN THIS AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED

  HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM.



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

  MARSHES SIDING...HOLLYHILL...CO OPERATIVE...BLUE HERON...WHITLEY

  CITY...STEARNS AND PINE KNOT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3679 8435 3673 8468 3661 8468 3661 8426



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