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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1057 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT



AT 1045 PM EDT HARRISON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN CYNTHIANA 

REPORTED CONTINUED FLOODING PROBLEMS COUNTYWIDE. THIS IS DUE TO 

RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTY SINCE 7 

PM EDT. THE WORST FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE OCCURRING IN NORTHERN 

HARRISON COUNTY WHERE BRIDGES ARE WASHED OUT ON NUMEROUS COUNTY 

ROADS. SEVERAL CITY ROADS IN CYNTHIANA ARE STILL CLOSED DUE TO 

STANDING WATER. 



NO RAIN IS OCCURRING IN THE AREA HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM 

ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP AFTER 3 AM EDT. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LATE 

TONIGHT COULD AGGRAVATE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



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 3852 8450 3835 8434 3838 8416 3845 8408

          3859 8427



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