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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
643 PM EST WED FEB 20 2019
KYC013-071-095-119-131-133-159-193-195-210045-
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HARLAN KY-MARTIN KY-BELL KY-LETCHER KY-LESLIE KY-PERRY KY-KNOTT KY-
FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-
643 PM EST WED FEB 20 2019
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 745 PM EST.
* AT 642 PM EST, HEAVIEST RAIN HAD ENDED. HOWEVER, WITH MORE RAIN
SHOWERS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST, AND HIGH AMOUNTS OF RUNNOFF STILL
ONGOING, THE AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PIKEVILLE, WHITESBURG, HARLAN, HINDMAN, LETCHER, BATH, CUMBERLAND,
JENKINS, COAL RUN VILLAGE, LOYALL, ELKHORN CITY AND EVARTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, COUNTRY ROADS, FARMLAND, AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3659 8371 3706 8340 3777 8231 3774 8233
3767 8230 3762 8221 3764 8218 3755 8213
3754 8197 3727 8235 3712 8272 3705 8272
3698 8287 3690 8287 3685 8307 3674 8314
3667 8353
JMW
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