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WGUS51 KILN 121103

FFWILN

KYC037-117-121330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

600 AM EST SUN MAR 12 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY

  KENTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 830 AM EST



* AT 553 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM CINCINNATI     

  SOUTH INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 1.25 INCHES  

  HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS SINCE 430 AM. UP TO AN          

  ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 AM. RUNOFF FROM THIS       

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...ALEXANDRIA...BELLEVUE...COLD SPRING...COVINGTON...CRESCENT 

SPRINGS...CRESTVIEW HILLS...EDGEWOOD AND ELSMERE.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY. DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH ON THE THE ROAD. IT ONLY

TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY

VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3909 8463 3893 8461 3895 8429 3911 8440



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