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WGUS53 KJKL 151103

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KYC071-119-133-159-195-151500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

657 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...MARTIN...FLOYD...KNOTT...LETCHER AND 

  PIKE COUNTIES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF INEZ...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...

  WHITESBURG AND PIKEVILLE.

  

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT



* AT 652 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

  FLOODING FROM A SERIES OF STORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  ZEBULON...TOPMOST...MOUSIE...META...MCDOWELL...HAROLD...

  FEDSCREEK...BELFRY...BEAVER...WAYLAND...PHELPS...AND BEAVER 

  JUNCTION



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.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3696 8315 3703 8305 3719 8300 3724 8312

      3746 8313 3752 8307 3748 8293 3755 8288

      3772 8294 3772 8264 3786 8267 3796 8257

      3795 8249 3766 8229 3755 8213 3753 8196

      3726 8235 3713 8272 3703 8273 3696 8315



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