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WGUS51 KILN 120306

FFWILN

KYC161-120430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1105 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MASON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT...



* AT 1105 PM EDT...A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED      

  ALONG THE OHIO RIVER NEAR DOVER. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE  

  THAT THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE 10 PM.     

  ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL  

  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  DOVER...

  MAYSVILLE...

  

A FLASH 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.

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