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KYC135-161-201-240915-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

119 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MASON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 415 AM EST...



* AT 118 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY   

  RAIN FROM MT. OLIVET TO LEWISBURG TO VANCEBURG MOVING EAST AT 20   

  MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  MT. OLIVET...  

  CAMP DIX...

  MAYSVILLE...

  LEWISBURG...

  TOLLESBORO...

  VANCEBURG...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO OBSCURES

VISION...MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE IF THE ROAD AHEAD OF YOU

IS FLOODED. IF CAUGHT NEAR OR IN FLASH FLOODING 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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