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WGUS51 KILN 180733

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INC115-137-155-KYC077-081-181030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

230 AM EST WED JUL 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  OHIO COUNTY IN INDIANA...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA...

  SWITZERLAND COUNTY IN INDIANA...

  GRANT COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  GALLATIN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



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



* AT 230 AM EST(330 AM EDT)...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS     

  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN         

  KENTUCKY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO TWO INCHES OF     

  RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO  

  INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM EST (330 AM EDT).



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  WILLIAMSTOWN...

  WARSAW...

  DRY RIDGE...

  CRITTENDEN...

  VERSAILLES...

  MILAN...



A 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.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.

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