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INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-

051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-191200-



BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1050 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT 

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN OHIO...

  ADAMS                 AUGLAIZE              BROWN

  BUTLER                CHAMPAIGN             CLARK

  CLERMONT              CLINTON               DARKE

  DELAWARE              FAIRFIELD             FAYETTE

  FRANKLIN              GREENE                HAMILTON

  HARDIN                HIGHLAND              HOCKING

  LICKING               LOGAN                 MADISON

  MERCER                MIAMI                 MONTGOMERY

  PICKAWAY              PIKE                  PREBLE

  ROSS                  SCIOTO                SHELBY

  UNION                 WARREN



IN KENTUCKY...

  BOONE                 BRACKEN               CAMPBELL

  CARROLL               GALLATIN              GRANT

  KENTON                LEWIS                 MASON

  OWEN                  PENDLETON             ROBERTSON



IN INDIANA...

  DEARBORN              FAYETTE               FRANKLIN

  OHIO                  RIPLEY                SWITZERLAND

  UNION                 WAYNE



THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH... 

CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS...DAYTON...MAYSVILLE...PORTSMOUTH...RICHMOND 

...WAPAKONETA AND OWENTON...



A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY PUSH 

INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.  THE AIRMASS ACROSS 

THE REGION IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE.  AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR.



RAINFALL DURING THE PAST WEEK HAS CAUSED THE SOIL TO BECOME 

SATURATED.  WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE PER HOUR...FLASH 

FLOODING IS A HIGH POSSIBILITY IN THE WATCH AREA.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS 

AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE 

IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED 

FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



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HICKMAN

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