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WGUS71 KILN 210649
FFSILN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
249 AM EDT WED JUL 21 2010

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MASON KY-LEWIS KY-
249 AM EDT WED JUL 21 2010

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LEWIS COUNTY...

EXTREME FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN LEWIS COUNTY...AND A FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEWIS AND MASON COUNTIES UNTIL 
545 AM EDT.

AT 240 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT VERY SEVERE FLASH 
FLOODING IS ONGOING IN SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY. NUMEROUS REPORTS WERE 
RECEIVED OF RESIDENTS TRAPPED DUE TO HIGH WATER...AND WATER RESCUES 
ARE ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY.

RADAR INDICATES THAT ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 
SINCE THIS EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DROP 
ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 4 AM. THIS WILL EXACERBATE 
ONGOING FLOODING...AND CREATE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE 
THREATENING SITUATION. 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY WILL FLOW INTO SALT 
LICK AND KINNICONICK CREEKS...CAUSING DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING 
DOWNSTREAM TOWARD VANCEBURG AND GARRISON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR
UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER. IF YOU ARE IN A LOW LYING AREA...ALONG A
CREEK...STREAM OR IN AN AREA EXPERIENCING FLOODING...TAKE ACTION NOW
TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

&&

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

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