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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

355 AM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013



...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LOUISVILLE...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE...



* UNTIL 845 AM EDT



* AT 347 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING CONTINUING FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS. A NEW AREA OF        

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CROSSING THE LOUISVILLE          

  METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 400 AM AND 900 AM. THOUGH MOST OF THE    

  RAIN WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS    

  INDICATED THAT ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL SEVERELY AGGRAVATE     

  EXISTING FLOODING.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT...  

  LOUISVILLE...

  ANCHORAGE...

  WATTERSON PARK...

  JEFFERSONTOWN...



* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MIDDLETOWN...HIGHVIEW...              

  FAIRDALE...FERN CREEK...



  IN ADDITION...LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND LOUISVILLE      

  BOWMAN FIELD ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 

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



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR

REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.



&&



LAT...LON 3834 8557 3834 8558 3834 8559 3826 8541

      3811 8544 3808 8555 3809 8572 3804 8588

      3800 8595 3809 8590 3816 8591 3823 8584

      3827 8583 3829 8578 3827 8574 3832 8565

      3838 8564



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