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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
159 AM EDT WED JUL 21 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  MASON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 545 AM EDT.

* AT 148 AM EDT...RADAR AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED DANGEROUS AND 
POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN MASON AND 
LEWIS COUNTIES...WHERE UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LATE 
THIS AFTERNOON. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES 
ACROSS MASON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...IN ADDITION TO HOME EVACUATIONS. 

* ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL PRODUCE AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 4 AM...WHICH WILL 
EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING...CREATING A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.

AREAS AT GREATEST RISK FOR DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE 
LOCATIONS NEAR THE NORTH FORK LICKING RIVER IN MASON COUNTY 
INCLUDING LEWISBURG...AND LOCATIONS NEAR KINNICONICK CREEK AND 
GRASSY FORK IN LEWIS COUNTY INCLUDING KINNICONICK AND CAMP DIX. IN 
ADDITION...WASHINGTON...MAYSVILLE...MURPHYSVILLE...TOLLESBORO AND 
RIBOLT MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA...
ALONG A CREEK...STREAM OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING FLOODING. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. FIND AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.

&&

LAT...LON 3839 8341 3843 8357 3853 8364 3846 8387
      3849 8393 3860 8399 3868 8394 3867 8378
      3863 8368 3866 8363 3865 8336 3860 8329
      3862 8325 3862 8315 3867 8311 3869 8305
      3844 8322 3835 8323 3833 8327 3833 8336

$$