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WGUS71 KILN 170136

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OHZ055-170230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

936 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS HAS EXPIRED...



FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS HAD HIGH WATER ON

THEM...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.  THEY ALSO

REPORT THAT THE WATER WAS BEGINING TO RECEDE.



THE THUNDESTORMS THAT PRODUCED ONE TO NEARLY TWO AND A HALF INCHES

OF RAIN THIS EVENING HAD MOVED SOUTH OF COLUMBUS.  ADDITIONAL

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID WATER COVERED ROADWAYS AS THE DEPTH OF

THE WATER CAN BE MISLEADING.



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