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WGUS51 KILN 162313

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OHC129-170100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

712 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  PICKAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT...



* AT 710 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 3 MILES 

WEST OF CIRCLEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  ASHVILLE...

  CIRCLEVILLE...

  LOGAN ELM VILLAGE...

  SOUTH BLOOMFIELD...

  WILLIAMSPORT...



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND CIRCLEVILLE.  THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON SATURATED 

GROUND...PRODUCING PONDING ON AREAS ROADS AND RAPID RISES IN SMALL 

STREAMS.



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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