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WGUS71 KILN 162316

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OHZ055-064-073-170115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

716 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



...PONDING OF WATER EXPECTED BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND CHILLICOTHE THIS

EVENING...



A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND CIRCLEVILLE WAS

BRINGING AN INCH AND TO NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN TO COMMUNITIES NEAR

AND ALONG THE SCIOTO RIVER.  THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS

DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH AND WILL AFFECT CHILLICOTHE BETWEEN 730 AND

9 PM.



RAINFALL LAST NIGHT AND TODAY (3 TO 5 INCHES) HAS MADE THE GROUND

TOTALLY SATURATED...MEANING ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF AND

POND IN LOW LYING AREAS AND RUN INTO AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS

EVENING WHICH MAY MAKE CONDITIONS EVEN WORSE.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.  PLEASE STAY

TUNED FOR LATTER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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