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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

953 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN BATH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT



* AT 948 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE

  AREA. 



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

  THE VICINITY OF FLAT CREEK...JUDY...KENDALL SPRINGS...SIDEVIEW AND

  STOOPS.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO/BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF  

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND 

SOUTHWESTERN BATH COUNTY...BETWEEN MOUNT STERLING AND SHARPSBURG.



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED TO THE WEST AND 

WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL HALF 

INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS MORNING.



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 3820 8397 3808 8368 3801 8380 3809 8409

      3811 8409

TIME...MOT...LOC 1353Z 180DEG 0KT 3810 8391



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