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WGUS51 KILN 012153

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OHC145-012315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

553 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FOR...

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT...



* AT 553 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 

HEAVY RAIN JUST WEST OF PORTSMOUTH. THE STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY 

NORTHEAST AT AROUND 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THIS STORM 

HAS PRODUCED UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN 

SCIOTO COUNTY SINCE 430 PM. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  WEST PORTSMOUTH...

  FRIENDSHIP

  SUGAR GROVE

  PORTSMOUTH...



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS AND CREEKS.

SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A

MATTER OF MINUTES.

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