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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

815 PM EST THU DEC 19 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

  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 1100 PM EST



* AT 810 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY      

  RAIN FROM CYNTHIANA AND CARISLE...DOWN TO PARIS.  ONE AND ONE    

  HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH ANOTHER ONE HALF

  TO ONE INCH EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. THE NEW

  RAINFALL WILL LIKELY INITIATE FLOODING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

  MEANWHILE...THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD THEN PUSH

  THROUGH THE REGION BY 11 PM EST.



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

  PARIS



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 3859 8450 3811 8432 3813 8405 3842 8388



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