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WGUS51 KILN 021006

FFWILN

KYC015-037-117-021200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

606 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  KENTON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER FAR NORTHERN

  KENTUCKY. RAINFALL ESITMATES UP TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR ALONG THE 

  I-275 LOOP. BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM...EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL INCH AND A

  HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO 

  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  ALEXANDRIA...

  COLD SPRING...

  COVINGTON...

  ERLANGER...

  FLORENCE...

  INDEPENDENCE...

  SILVER GROVE...

  SOUTHGATE...

  WILDER...



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.

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