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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1025 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HARTFORD AND LEITCHFIELD



AT 1020 PM CDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAINS MOVING INTO OHIO AND GRAYSON COUNTIES FROM TENNESSEE. 

THESE BANDS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. 

THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA, ESPECIALLY IN CITY STREETS AND RURAL LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS.



AT 1020 PM CDT, OHIO COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A NUMBER OF COUNTY 

ROADS THAT HAD 6 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THEM. IN ADDITION, AT 

MILE MARKER 70 ALONG THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY, 3 INCHES OF WATER 

ON THE ROAD WAS OBSERVED.



AREAS IN OHIO AND GRAYSON COUNTIES SOUTH OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY 

PARKWAY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS 

EVENING. THIS ZONE WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING 

AND FLOODING THROUGH 230 AM CDT.



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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