
636 
WGUS53 KJKL 090839
FFWJKL
KYC025-065-071-109-115-119-129-153-159-175-189-193-195-237-091130-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0018.090509T0839Z-090509T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
439 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ESTILL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 730 AM EDT

* AT 429 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  PRECIPITATION HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 
  AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AREAS IN
  THE VICINITY OF BOONEVILLE...PIKEVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...
  JACKSON...HINDMAN...MARTIN...ALLEN...FREDVILLE...AND SALYERSVILLE.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND HIT LOCATIONS
THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN EXTENSIVE FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY 
ALONG A LINE FROM PIKEVILLE...TO MARTIN...TO JACKSON. THIS IS A 
DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL 
STREAM OR CREEK...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

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 3731 8228 3737 8385 3758 8391 3767 8365
      3776 8298 3773 8236 3767 8229 3763 8221
      3764 8218 3760 8216 3759 8213 3756 8213
      3753 8196

$$

GEOGERIAN