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WGUS51 KILN 181946

FFWILN

INC115-155-KYC015-182230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

244 PM EST FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  OHIO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

  SWITZERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 530 PM EST(630 PM EDT)...



* 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA OVER THE 

LAST TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON TOP OF ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE ANY PROBLEMS.  



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  RISING SUN...

  BURLINGTON...

  FLORENCE...

  VEVAY...



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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



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SEW/JDR

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