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WGUS51 KILN 120956

FFWILN

INC137-121300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

455 AM EST SUN MAR 12 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA



* UNTIL 800 AM EST



* AT 449 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE  

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

  SINCE 4 AM.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 800            

  AM...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. RUNOFF     

  FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MILAN... 

FRIENDSHIP AND VERSAILLES.



IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH

ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW

INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IF VISIBILITY IS RESTRICTED

DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY

AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT

DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3925 8509 3893 8515 3892 8545 3916 8545



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RYAN

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