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WGUS71 KILN 272359

FFSILN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

740 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



KYC135-280030-

LEWIS KY-

740 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY UNTIL 830

PM EDT...



AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 6 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...EPWORTH...KINNICONICK...STRICKLETT AND TANNERY.



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



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HAWBLITZEL

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000 

WGUS71 KILN 272359

FFSILN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

740 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



KYC135-280030-

LEWIS KY-

740 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY UNTIL 830

PM EDT...



AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 6 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...EPWORTH...KINNICONICK...STRICKLETT AND TANNERY.



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



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