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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

359 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR...

  WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT



* AT 351 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAD INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS 5   

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF WHITLEY AND MCCREARY 

  COUNTIES BETWEEN 12:30 AND 3 AM. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS

  WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 6 AM THIS 

  MORNING...FURTHER AGGRAVATING SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS.



* LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY HIT HARD INCLUDE HOLYHILL

  IN EASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY...DUCK RUN...AYERS...AND ZION HILL IN 

  WHITLEY COUNTY. PEOPLE TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 75 IN SOUTHERN

  WHITLEY COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HIGH WATER.



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 3660 8455 3661 8395 3669 8399 3677 8402

      3684 8410 3687 8446



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