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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

745 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY

HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL

  AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY...NORTH OF FARLEY.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

OVER NORTHWESTERN ELLIOTT COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR. 



AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 745 

PM AND 845 PM.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3816 8321 3817 8316 3827 8316 3824 8320

      3822 8322 3820 8326 3819 8325



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