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INC029-KYC015-117-191-180800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

148 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FOR...

  DEARBORN COUNTY IN INDIANA...

  KENTON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  BOONE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  PENDLETON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT(300 AM EST)...



* AT 148 AM EDT(1244 AM EST)...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAIN...EXTENDING FROM 

PENDLETON COUNTY BACK INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE 

DROPPED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND AN 

ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 AM EDT. 



THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW 

THEIR BANKS...AS WELL AS FLOODING ON AREA ROADS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  INDEPENDENCE...

  FLORENCE...

  FALMOUTH...

  ERLANGER...

  BUTLER...

  BURLINGTON...

  LAWRENCEBURG...

  AURORA...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.

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