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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

411 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  LICKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT...



* AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND 

NORTHERN LICKING COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 

AT 20 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  BEECHWOOD TRAILS...

  GRANVILLE...

  GRANVILLE SOUTH...

  HANOVER...

  HEATH...

  JOHNSTOWN...

  NEWARK...

  PATASKALA...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSHOWERS THAT WILL DRIFT 

SLOWLY ACROSS LICKING COUNTY.  THE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL WAS 

AT A RATE OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF AN HOUR.  THE RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE ACROSS LICKING COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM WITH UP TO AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH EXPECTED.  THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON ALREADY WATER 

SOAKED GROUND WHICH WILL CREATE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN 

FIELDS ALONG WITH RISE OF AREA CREEKS.



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.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID WATER COVERED 

ROADWAYS AS THE DEPTH OF THE WATER IS UNKNOWNED.



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