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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1215 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT (415 AM EDT)



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRANDENBURG...HARDINSBURG AND

  HAWESVILLE



AT 1210 AM EDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS BANDS 

OF HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, WITH 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM TENNESSEE. 

RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS HAVE SHOWN THAT FROM 2 TO 4.5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALREADY THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY IN A ZONE FROM 

NEAR ROUGH RIVER LAKE AND SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY, UP TOWARDS 

BRANDENBURG IN MEADE COUNTY. THIS IS THE AREA THAT WILL HAVE THE 

HIGHEST FLOODING THREAT WITH THE 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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