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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

215 AM CST WED MAR 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 515 AM CST



* AT 211 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER MORGANTOWN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING      

  GREEN. HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING SINCE AROUND MIDNIGHT OVER      

  PARTS OF BUTLER AND GRAYSON COUNTIES...AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE    

  THROUGH 5 AM CST. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED BY 5 

  AM CST. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED  

  GROUND...WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.   



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEITCHFIELD AND MORGANTOWN.

 

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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE 

WATER. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

LOUISVILLE.



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