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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

322 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRESTONSBURG...

  KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HINDMAN...

  LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WHITESBURG...

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PIKEVILLE...



* UNTIL 700 AM EDT



* AT 319 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A SERIES

  OF STORMS THAT HAVE PASSED OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  TOPMOST...MCDOWELL...GARRET...FISHTRAP LAKE...FEDSCREEK...

  EAST MCDOWELL...DRY CREEK...BRAINARD...BETSY LAYNE...

  BEAVER...WAYLAND...PIPPA PASSES...PHELPS...JENKINS...

  FLEMING-NEON...ELKHORN CITY AND BEAVER JUNCTION



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. HIGHWAY 680 BETWEEN WAYLAND AND 

MCDOWELL IN FLOYD COUNTY AND DRY CREEK ROAD INKNOTT COUNTY ARE 

REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3696 8315 3703 8305 3717 8304 3718 8297

      3725 8311 3746 8312 3751 8308 3748 8292

      3752 8287 3771 8292 3775 8276 3767 8245

      3774 8233 3755 8213 3753 8196 3726 8235

      3713 8272 3703 8273 3698 8287 3696 8315



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