

000 

WGUS51 KILN 171916

FFWILN

OHC045-172115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

313 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT...



* AT 313 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30   

MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN. AROUND AN INCH OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR NEAR LANCASTER. 



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...

  BALTIMORE...

  LANCASTER...

  PICKERINGTON...

  PLEASANTVILLE...



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.



$$

SEW/BC

