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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

635 AM EST SAT JUL 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA...



* UNTIL 800 AM EST...



* AT 635 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SHOWERS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSGOOD...OR 

  ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST

  ACROSS THE REGION.  AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS

  POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA

  INCLUDE...VERSAILLES...DABNEY AND HOLTON.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT BETWEEN 2 

AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG THE U.S. 50 CORRIDOR...WEST 

OF VERSAILLES SINCE 730 AM EDT...630 AM EST.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND RAPID RISES ON 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 LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS

OR WARNINGS.



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