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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1052 AM EST WED MAR 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CONTINUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 1215 PM EST



* HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...LOCAL

  OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT A FEW ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED IN THESE 

  COUNTIES...AND THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED TO

  ALLOW THE HIGH WATER TO SLOWLY RECEDE.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARLISLE...HARRODSBURG...

  HODGENVILLE...LANCASTER AND RICHMOND



OFFICIALS FROM NICHOLAS COUNTY REPORTED 2 ROADS WERE CLOSED AT THIS 

TIME. ONE ROAD WAS CLOSED IN MADISON COUNTY WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 

WATER OVER ROADWAYS. A COUPLE OF ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED IN GARRARD 

COUNTY AND A COUPLE OF MUD SLIDES WERE REPORTED. A FEW ROADS WERE 

ALSO STILL CLOSED IN LARUE COUNTY.



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.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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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