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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

900 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT



* AT 900 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN 

BOURBON, SOUTHERN HARRISON, AND EASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES. RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT FROM 

4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN THE AREA AROUND THE 

BOURBON, SCOTT, AND HARRISON COUNTY LINES. ALSO REPORTS INDICATE 

THAT SEVERAL ROADS IN THE AREA ARE COVERED WITH WATER. WITH RAIN 

STILL FALLING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BOURBON, SCOTT, AND 

HARRISON COUNTIES WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT.





* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CYNTHIANA...GEORGETOWN AND

  PARIS



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSESS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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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