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OHC145-170530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1126 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT THURSDAY...



* AT 1116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHERN SCIOTO COUNTY...MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  RADAR INDICATED NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  WHEELERSBURG...

  SOUTH WEBSTER...

  SCIOTODALE...

  ROSEMOUNT...

  LUCASVILLE...



THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN IS FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM THE 

RAINS OF THE PAST 24 HOURS (2 TO 3 INCHES).  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

NORTHERN AND EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN WHICH WILL MAKE CONDITIONS EVEN WORSE.  IN 

FACT...THE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT LUTHER ROAD IN MADISON 

TOWNSHIP HAD HIGH WATER ON IT AND WAS BEGINNING TO WASH AWAY.



THE RAIN WILL END SOON AFTER MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER THE WATER WILL NOT 

BEGIN TO RECEDE UNTIL AFTER 1 AM.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO 

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN 

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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