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WGUS51 KILN 041919

FFWILN

KYC187-042115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

315 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OWEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT



* AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL  

  PORTION OF OWEN COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF     

  RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 2 PM.



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

  TWO INCHES INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 515 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS    

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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



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.



DURING HEAVY RAIN...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...

CULVERTS...CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. SHALLOW GENTLY

FLOWING WATER CAN RISE RAPIDLY IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND SWEEP

CHILDREN AWAY.



LAT...LON 3862 8480 3853 8469 3845 8464 3839 8471

      3837 8478 3837 8484 3848 8495 3860 8504

      3865 8490



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