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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1028 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALLIA COUNTY IN OHIO...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT...



* AT 1020 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN GALLIA COUNTIES.

  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.  WITH THE

  GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINS...THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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