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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

715 PM EST THU DEC 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 1015 PM EST



* AT 710 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 8 INCHES  

  OF RUNNING WATER OVER HIGHWAY 160..



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

  THE VICINITY OF FLEMING-NEON...JENKINS...MCROBERTS...WHITESBURG...

  ADAMSON...ARMINTA AND BANKS.



FLASH FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT

PRECIPITATION THAT HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3700 8315 3703 8306 3717 8304 3720 8292

      3727 8284 3728 8273 3723 8268 3725 8262

      3719 8256 3711 8272 3703 8273 3698 8286

      3702 8296 3697 8315



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