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WGUS51 KILN 210004

FFWILN

INC137-210130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

704 PM EST FRI JUL 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA...



* UNTIL 830 PM EST...



* AT 703 PM EST...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS

  LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF VERSAILLES...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF

  MADISON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY 

  NORTHWEST...AFFECTING REXVILLE...NEW MARION AND THE JEFFERSON

  PROVING GROUND.  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL

  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING THAT BETWEEN 

1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE REXVILLE AREA.

THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER OF ROADS AND A RAPID 

RISE ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

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

AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT.



STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER 

STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.



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