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WGUS51 KILN 171841

FFWILN

OHC141-172030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

235 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT...



* AT 235 PM EDT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS 

MOVING INTO BAINBRIDGE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

AROUND A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR IN THE SOUTHWESTERN 

PART OF THE COUNTY. 



UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. 

THIS RAINFALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED SOIL WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND 

STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.  





* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  BAINBRIDGE...

  CHILLICOTHE...

  FRANKFORT...

  NORTH FOLK VILLAGE...



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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SEW/BC

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