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KYC093-261230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

330 AM EST TUE MAR 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 730 AM EST



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER MOST OF HARDIN 

COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT FROM ONE HALF TO TWO AND A HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 500 PM EST MONDAY EVENING. THE 

HIGHEST AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF THE 

KENTUCKY PARKWAY IN HARDIN COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES ELIZABETHTOWN AND 

FORT KNOX. NUMEROUS HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE 

INTO HARDIN COUNTY FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER 

HOUR POSSIBLE. THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLASH 

FLOODING



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT 

KNOX...RADCLIFF...SUMMIT...EASTVIEW...AND VINE GROVE.



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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