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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

839 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING INTO 

THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA AND FAYETTE COUNTY. 



RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH 

THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL AFFECT LEXINGTON METRO AREA THROUGH AT 

LEAST 10 PM EDT. THIS RAINFALL ON TOP OF VERY WET GROUND WILL HELP 

CREATE FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY IN URBANIZED AREAS...AND 

LOCATIONS WITH STEEP TERRAIN.



TRAVELERS ON I-64 AND I-75 IN AND AROUND LEXINGTON ARE GOING TO BE 

IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LARGE PICK-UP TRUCKS 

CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. FLOODING AT NIGHT CAN 

BE VERY HARD TO SEE.



LAT...LON 3801 8433 3789 8435 3789 8439 3785 8438

      3786 8443 3794 8449 3800 8465 3812 8463

      3820 8443 3818 8437 3811 8439 3806 8429

      3802 8429



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