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RWUS32 KSDF 260705

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KYZ026-261000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

100 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR OHIO COUNTY

IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE BANDS 

OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS OVER OHIO COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH 400 AM. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS SINCE 500 PM CST MONDAY EVENING...HAVE RANGED FROM ONE INCH 

TO NEARLY TWO AND A HALF INCHES. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE OCCURRED 

OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF OHIO COUNTY...NEAR HARTFORD...DUNDEE...AND 

FORDSVILLE. 



FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT AS WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS MAY RISE RAPIDLY. SMALL CREEKS THAT EMPTY INTO THE ROUGH 

RIVER COULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT.



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.



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