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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

909 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS EXTENED THE



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

  PICKAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...



* AT 907 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 

IN PICKAWAY COUNTY FROM CIRCLEVILLE TO LEISTVILLE.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  CIRCLEVILLE...

  LEISTVILLE...



STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED IN THE 

SOUTHEAST PART OF PICKAWAY COUNTY.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP UP 

TO ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN BEFORE ENDING.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE THE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND RESULT IN RAPID RISES 

IN SMALL STREAMS.  WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE BY 11 PM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY.

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