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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

513 PM EDT TUE AUG 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF 

LINCOLN COUNTY...MAINLY FROM KINGS MOUNTAIN TO CRAB ORCHARD. RADAR 

IS ESTIMATING THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 PM 

EDT...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 

630 PM EDT AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3729 8470 3734 8472 3743 8485 3754 8485

      3763 8466 3754 8456 3748 8447 3745 8447

      3734 8451 3736 8456 3725 8473



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