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WGUS53 KLMK 190042

FFWLMK

KYC067-190145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

840 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 838 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT

  10 MPH.



* THE CITY OF LEXINGTON WILL BE SERIOUSLY IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS 

  STORM.



THIS MOST RECENT STORM IS FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SEVERAL 

EARLIER STORMS...WHICH ALSO DROPPED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ON 

LEXINGTON. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

PARTS OF LEXINGTON...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3800 8467 3788 8439 3804 8436 3820 8442

      3813 8464



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