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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

931 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT



* AT 928 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TRAINING

  OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA.



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

  THE VICINITY OF PRESTONSBURG...ALVIN...FREDVILLE...CORN FORK 

  HOLLOW...DOTSON...ENDICOTT AND LANCER.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES

AN HOUR WILL SLOWLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 9:30 AND 10:30

AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3752 8299 3758 8301 3761 8303 3771 8262

      3757 8261 3756 8262 3751 8262 3750 8260

      3746 8260 3745 8284

TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 180DEG 0KT 3764 8283



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