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WGUS51 KILN 281305

FFWILN

INC137-281430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

805 AM EST SAT JUL 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...



* UNTIL 930 AM EST...



* AT 758 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL RIPLEY

  COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE DEPOSITED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN

  FROM HOLTON THROUGH VERSAILLES SINCE 6 AM EST. THIS RAINFALL

  HAS CAUSED STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANDS AND FLOODING OF 

  STREETS IN THE HOLTON AREA.



* STORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SLOWLY

  EAST ACROSS CENTRAL RIPLEY COUNTY THROUGH 930 AM EST. AN 

  ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS LIKELY. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE   

  THE FLOODING SITUATION.       





* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  HOLTON

  OSGOOD...

  VERSAILLES...





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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