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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1223 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT



* AT 1218 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS FAYETTE AND

  BOURBON COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARIS AND

  THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER THE LAST 6 HOURS INDICATE THAT TWO TO 

FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS FAYETTE AND BOURBON COUNTIES.  

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY 

WILL MOVE ACROSS FAYETTE AND BOURBON COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING AND 

MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL.  THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

LOUISVILLE.



LAT...LON 3812 8408 3808 8430 3789 8434 3789 8439

      3785 8438 3787 8445 3794 8448 3800 8466

      3812 8462 3815 8456 3817 8448 3821 8443

      3827 8444 3827 8435 3835 8421 3825 8410

      3821 8398



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