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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

550 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  CENTRAL WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  PRECIPITATION HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING FROM A LARGE    

  BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  THE VICINITY OF WHITLEY CITY...BARBOURVILLE...WILLIAMSBURG...      

  PROVIDENCE...SILER...ARKLE...ARTEMUS...AVIS AND BAILEYS SWITCH.



FLASH FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 3659 8431 3659 8446 3660 8447 3660 8474

      3680 8449 3701 8382 3693 8358 3682 8377

      3676 8394 3672 8409 3667 8420 3659 8429



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