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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

246 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

  HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 545 AM EDT (445 AM CDT)



* AT 244 AM EDT (144 AM CDT)...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS NEARING 4 INCHES OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT 

PRODUCING ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN. 



THE HIGHEST THREATS FOR FLASH FLOODING ARE OVER GRAYSON COUNTY 

SOUTHWEST OF LEITCHFIELD...NORTHEAST EDMONSON COUNTY...HART COUNTY 

FROM MUNFORDVILLE SOUTHWARD INTO HORSE CAVE...AND MUCH OF BARREN 

COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

MUNFORDVILLE...LEITCHFIELD AND BROWNSVILLE...ALONG WITH MAMMOTH CAVE 

NATIONAL PARK.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3757 8649 3744 8657 3717 8636 3707 8611

      3676 8595 3702 8579 3739 8573 3741 8606

      3754 8615



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