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WGUS51 KILN 150337

FFWILN

INC137-150530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1137 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED   

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 

  1045 PM.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER   

  1 TO 1.5 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS      

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

OSGOOD...FRIENDSHIP AND VERSAILLES.  LAUGHERY CREEK AND ITS 

TRIBUTARIES WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF 

RIPLEY COUNTY.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WILMINGTON.



LAT...LON 3930 8510 3917 8544 3894 8538 3895 8513



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RYAN

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