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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

503 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 800 AM EST



* AT 450 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED  

  PRECIPITATION HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING FROM 

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. WATER WAS COVERING

  HIGHWAY 160 NEAR WHITESBURG BUT HAS STARTED TO RECEDE.



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

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

  ADAMSON...AMELIA AND ARMINTA.



FLASH FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT

PRECIPITATION THAT HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA.



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.



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 3700 8314 3703 8306 3717 8305 3720 8300

      3718 8298 3720 8293 3726 8287 3728 8273

      3723 8268 3725 8263 3720 8257 3712 8273

      3703 8273 3698 8287 3702 8296 3697 8315



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