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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

515 AM EDT THU JUN 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 815 AM EDT



* AT 515 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE

  WARNED AREA.



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

  THE VICINITY OF BUNCH...MOUNT VICTORY AND ROCKCASTLE SPRINGS.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER EASTERN PULASKI AND WESTERN LAUREL COUNTIES IN THE PAST 

HOUR...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING NEAR MOUNT VICTORY. THE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH THE REST 

OF THE MORNING...WITH ANOTHER 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN 

THE AREA.



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 3715 8437 3712 8422 3694 8432 3702 8446

TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 180DEG 0KT 3700 8437



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