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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

246 PM EST SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA...



* UNTIL 445 PM EST...



* AT 246 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL 

  RIPLEY COUNTY NEAR VERSAILLES...OSGOOD AND DABNEY. UP TO 3 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 145 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

  EXPECTED THROUGH 4 PM AS THE THUNDERSTORM SLOWLY MOVES TO THE WEST.



* SOME STREAMS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING ARE...     

  LAUGHERY CREEK...

  CEDAR CREEK...

  PLUM CREEK...



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  OSGOOD...

  VERSAILLES...



THIS UPGRADES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLOOD WARNING FOR RIPLEY COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

PEOPLE LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFT MOVING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

BY FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR

FLOOD WATERS...STREAMS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.



STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS

OR WARNINGS.

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