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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

227 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 630 AM EDT



* AT 227 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  PRECIPITATION HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL

  RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  THE VICINITY OF ALLEN...PRESTONSBURG...ALLEN CITY...ALVIN...

  ARKANSAS...BAMMER AND BEAVER JUNCTION.



FLASH FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN

AND MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 3739 8215 3736 8220 3739 8258 3770 8285

      3759 8214



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