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KYZ026-261000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

211 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002



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

IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...



AT 200 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 62 

JUST WEST OF THE BEAVER DAM CITY LIMITS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OBSERVATIONS INDICATE A LARGE CLUSTER 

OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER 

OHIO COUNTY THROUGH 400 AM CST. RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING ONE AND A 

HALF INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY...WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE 

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.



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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