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000 

WGUS51 KILN 272230

FFWILN

KYC135-280030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

629 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED   

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 

  PM ACROSS SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY...BETWEEN PETERSVILLE AND CAMP DIX.



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

  ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS    

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CAMP DIX...HEAD

OF GRASSY AND TOLLESBORO.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3854 8314 3834 8324 3849 8362 3857 8363



$$



HAWBLITZEL

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000 

WGUS51 KILN 272230

FFWILN

KYC135-280030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

629 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED   

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 

  PM ACROSS SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY...BETWEEN PETERSVILLE AND CAMP DIX.



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

  ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS    

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CAMP DIX...HEAD

OF GRASSY AND TOLLESBORO.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3854 8314 3834 8324 3849 8362 3857 8363



$$



HAWBLITZEL

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