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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

156 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 700 AM CST



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE BANDS 

OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS OVER GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL 

KENTUCKY. SINCE 500 PM MONDAY EVENING...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 

FROM ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 

GRAYSON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN GENERALLY NORTH OF 

THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY TOWARDS ROUGH RIVER LAKE. THIS IS WHERE 

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS. NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH GRAYSON 

COUNTY WITH RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. THESE 

ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLASH 

FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEITCHFIELD...PINE 

KNOB...SHORT CREEK...YEAMAN...AND CANEYVILLE.



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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