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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

339 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  EASTERN KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  PRECIPITATION HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING FROM            

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR DRY CREEK...OR 12     

  MILES EAST OF HINDMAN...MOVING EAST   AT 20 MPH.



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

  IN THE VICINITY OF WHEELWRIGHT...ASHCAMP...DORTON...JONANCY...

  MYRA...ELKHORN CITY AND MARROWBONE.



FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAIN OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. 

SHELBY CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES AS WELL AS ELKHORN CREEK AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES WILL BE AMONG THE CREEKS AND STREAMS AFFECTED.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OF AROUND ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER 

THIS MONTH AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED.



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 3726 8235 3725 8240 3722 8249 3724 8256

      3724 8264 3727 8275 3725 8286 3727 8291

      3744 8286 3739 8216



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