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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1015 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

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY   

  WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BOWLING GREEN, BROWNSVILLE,  

  FRANKLIN, MORGANTOWN, RUSSELLVILLE, AND SCOTTSVILLE



AT 1005 PM CDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER BAND OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS, WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER, MOVING INTO SOUTH 

CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM TENNESSEE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 

TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, LEADING TO FLOODING 

AND FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.



AREAS FROM SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY TO TOWARDS BOWLING GREEN AND 

BROWNSVILLE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS 

EVENING. THIS ZONE WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOOD 

PROBLEMS THROUGH 115 AM CDT.



AT 945 PM CDT, A SURVEY OF AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INDICATED 

THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER. THESE 

PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE, IF NOT GET WORSE, INTO THE VERY EARLY 

MORNING HOURS WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



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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