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WGUS51 KILN 121221

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KYC023-135-161-201-OHC001-015-145-121515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

719 AM EST SUN MAR 12 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO

  BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY

  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO

  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

  MASON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY

  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO



* UNTIL 1015 AM EST



* AT 711 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED AROUND AN INCH OF RAINFALL ACROSS  

  THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED    

  AREA WITH ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 AM EST. RUNOFF FROM   

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

PORTSMOUTH...ABERDEEN...BROOKSVILLE...LUCASVILLE...MANCHESTER...NEW

BOSTON AND RIPLEY.



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...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3871 8425 3848 8416 3878 8265 3897 8293



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