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INC147-173-KYC059-212130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1239 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

  SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

  EASTERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 1235 PM CDT...A MOSAIC OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS 

INDICATED UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 

1130 AM...FROM TENNYSON IN EASTERN WARRICK COUNTY TO GENTRYVILLE IN 

SPENCER. EASTERN CENTRAL WARRICK...CENTRAL PARTS OF SPENCER AND MOST 

OF DAVIESS COUNTY HAD RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF THREE 

INCHES SINCE EARLY WEDNESDAY...SO GROUND IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY 

SWOLLEN BY RAIN. 



* ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN RANGING 

FROM ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

WITH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL...BUT LIGHTER RAINFALL 

WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH 3 PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH 

OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS 

IN EASTERN WARRICK...CENTRAL SPENCER AND MOST OF DAVIESS COUNTY. 

SHARP RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ON OTTER CREEK IN WARRICK 

COUNTY...CROOKED CREEK IN SPENCER COUNTY...PUP..PANTHER AND RHODES 

CREEK IN DAVIESS COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  WHITESVILLE

  OWENSBORO

  MASONVILLE

  SANTA CLAUS

  ROCKPORT

  GRANDVIEW

  DALE

  BOONVILLE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3819 8682 3803 8679 3792 8696 3783 8684

          3768 8685 3758 8706 3768 8738 3779 8723

          3803 8732 3823 8721 3819 8708

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