

000 

WGUS51 KILN 081953

FFWILN

INC137-082145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

251 PM EST TUE JUL 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA...



* UNTIL 445 PM EST...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN 

RIPLEY COUNTY BETWEEN REXVILLE AND CROSS PLAINS.  BETWEEN 3 AND 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 2 PM EST...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

EXPECTED THROUGH 4 PM EST. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  MILAN...

  VERSAILLES...



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY

BE TOO DEEP TO SAFELY CROSS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

