Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued May 31 at 5:39PM EDT expiring May 31 at 9:45PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Jackson KY
Issued: 2015-05-31T17:40:00-04:00
Expires: 2015-05-31T21:45:00-04:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 9:45 PM EDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY…

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 538 PM EDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TO THE EAST OF PINE KNOTT PER DUAL POL
RADAR ESTIMATES. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
HOLLYHILL…PINE KNOT…STRUNK…DUCKRUN…JELLICO CREEK…
BOUNTY…STEARNS AND WINFIELD.
Instruction: TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: McCreary; Whitley

Message Identifier: NWS-141029-854138-823780
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings