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WGUS51 KILN 060049

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KYC081-187-060345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

845 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS UPGRADED THE FLOOD 

WARNING TO A 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  OWEN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...



* AT 843 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF OWENTON...OR ABOUT 14 

MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.  AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE NEXT HOUR WILL CREATE A 

LIFE THREATENING SITUATION IN SOUTHEAST OWEN AND SOUTHERN GRANT 

COUNTIES.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  WILLIAMSTOWN...

  OWENTON...

  CORINTH...



MORE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED BY 11 PM AS A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT OWEN AND GRANT COUNTIES. 



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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