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WGUS51 KILN 190221

FFWILN

KYC037-190515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1022 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT...



* AT 1022 PM EDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...

  WAS LOCATED OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

  THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.



* THE HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED BACK INTO HAMILTON COUNTY...THEREFORE AN

  ADDITION ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE 2 TO 3

  HOURS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT 1 TO 1.75 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALEADY FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN CAMPBELL 

COUNTY BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 PM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE 

THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD 

WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



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.



STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS

OR WARNINGS.



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