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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

718 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FRANKLIN AND SCOTTSVILLE



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE 

ACROSS LOGAN AND SIMPSON COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS TAPERING OFF 

AT THE MOMENT...ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 

INTO EXTREME SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY AFTER 900 PM CDT. SOME EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE POCKETS OF VERY HEAVY BUT BRIEF 

RAINFALL. THIS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS 

ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED SINCE 400 PM CDT. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 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.



REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

LOUISVILLE.



LAT...LON 3667 8707 3664 8598 3688 8618 3707 8622

          3717 8657 3700 8669 3707 8703



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