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Warning (FFW, WGUS53 KLMK) |
Flash Flood Warnings are issued as needed and focus on specific
communities, streams or areas where flooding is imminent or
already in progress. Flash flooding occurs when the water level
rises rapidly to inundation within six hours of the heavy
rainfall. This product is reserved for short-term events
which require immediate action to protect lives and property, such
as dangerous small stream flooding or urban flooding, and dam or
levee failures. Flash flood warnings will be issued for single
counties, or for small groups of counties, and will be followed up
with Flash Flood Statements.
Flash Flood Warnings contain...
- the county or group of counties affected by the flooding
event,
- the warning expiration time,
- the location and direction of storm movement,
- locations affected by the storm, and
- call-to-action statements and/or other information.
Product Example >> Current
Product
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WGUS53 KLMK 022153
FFWSDF
KYC113-239-030100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
550 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 550 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINS
TRAINING THROUGH JESSAMINE AND SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTIES. MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST EARLY THIS EVENING.
THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER
HOUR. AN AREA FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY, TO KEENE, TO
NEAR NICHOLASVILLE HAS ALREADY SEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR
THIS AFTERNOON...THUS THIS IS THE CORRIDOR THAT HAS THE HIGHEST
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSESS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...
OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
LAT...LON 3788 8479 3787 8470 3777 8461 3779 8452
3787 8446 3792 8449 3800 8467 3804 8483 |
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