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WGUS51 KILN 290722

FFWILN

KYC081-187-290915-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

313 AM EDT WED AUG 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  GRANT COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  OWEN COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 515 AM EDT...



* AT 315 AM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF OWEN AND GRANT COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE ABOUT 2 AM...WITH SOME LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED 

BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES. WITH THESE STORMS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE A SLOW PROGRESSION TO THE EAST...AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO 

ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR 

BANKS.



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.



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

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

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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