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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

339 AM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRENCHBURG



* UNTIL 630 AM EDT



* AT 330 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  SCRANTON...ROTHWELL...RATLITT...MEANS...KOREA...DAN...CORNWELL...

  CLAY LICK...CEDAR GROVES...BIG WOODS AND ARTVILLE



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE 

AREA WITH ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES HAVEN FALLEN 

ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MENIFEE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM 

ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AND WILL ALLOW FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS.



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.



LAT...LON 3805 8347 3796 8345 3788 8351 3787 8350

      3782 8358 3783 8367 3788 8370 3791 8376

      3799 8378 3802 8368 3801 8358 3806 8357

      3806 8353



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