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KYC011-165-040015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

517 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MENIFEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS IN

  THE VICINITY OF YOUNG SPRINGS AND OLYMPIA SPRINGS.



FLASH FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE UP 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR NEAR THE MOUNT 

SPRINGS AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 630 PM. BASINS THAT HAVE SEEN THE HEAVIEST RAIN INCLUDE 

CLEAR CREEK AND OLYMPIA. 



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.



TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL

FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3803 8368 3803 8360 3805 8356 3806 8353

      3812 8354 3812 8368



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