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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

503 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  CENTRAL BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  WEST CENTRAL LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  SOUTHWESTERN OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT



* AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  PRECIPITATION HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING FROM            

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FALLING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SANDGAP TO 

  GAULEY TO CEDARVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES      

  NORTHWEST OF MCKEE TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON TO 12      

  MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



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

  IN THE VICINITY OF ANNVILLE...LONDON...MANCHESTER...MCKEE...ADD AND

  THOMAS.



FLASH FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

AND MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BETWEEN 5 PM EDT AND 7 PM EDT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 3709 8447 3710 8478 3721 8479 3736 8457

      3734 8452 3749 8446 3748 8438 3754 8436

      3754 8431 3752 8430 3754 8419 3722 8341

      3680 8376



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