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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1011 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT...



* AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS CREATING VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES NORTH OF 

SCIOTODALE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  SOUTH WEBSTER...

  SCIOTODALE...

  SCIOTO FURNACE...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUALLY REDEVELOPING OVER 

NORTHERN AND EASTERN SCIOTO COUNTY.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED NEARLY TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR NEAR SCIOTO FURNACE AND SOUTH 

WEBSTER.  THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON ALREADY RAIN SOAKED GROUND...THUS

CREATING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FIELDS ALONG WITH CAUSING

AREA STREAMS TO RUN BANKFULL OR HIGHER.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 

ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM COME TO AN END.



COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS WATER WAS PONDING ON ROADWAYS IN SOUTH 

WEBSTER.



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.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID PONDING OF WATER 

ON ROADWAYS AS WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN ANTICIPATED.



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