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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

625 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006



KYC037-117-212300-

CAMPBELL KY-KENTON KY-

625 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTON AND SOUTHERN

CAMPBELL COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...



AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN 

KENTON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES SINCE 5 PM. AN ADDITIONAL STORM ACROSS 

CENTRAL KENTON HAS PRODUCED ABOUT 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 530 PM.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER 

INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CAMPBELL COUNTY

LAKE...FISKBURG...GRANTS LICK...MORNING VIEW...PINER AND WHITE VILLA.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3887 8454 3877 8456 3881 8433 3889 8432



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