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WGUS51 KILN 042344

FFWILN

INC047-050145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

744 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 738 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY

  RAIN ALONG THE FAYETTE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY LINES. UP TO 4 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY SINCE

  630 PM. WHILE MOST OF THE RAIN HAS FALLEN IN FAYETTE 

  COUNTY...RISES ALONG DUCK CREEK AND GARRISON CREEK WILL BE

  POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY THIS EVENING.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL JUST NORTH OF THE WARNED AREA 

  WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 PM EDT. 

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...LAUREL...BROOKVILLE AND OLDENBURG.



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.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW

WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS AND

CREEKS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3952 8482 3932 8483 3928 8531 3951 8531



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