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WGUS51 KILN 181710

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OHC027-047-182000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

106 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN OHIO...

  CLINTON COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT...



* A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAIN...WILL     

  MOVE THROUGH CLINTON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON.  AROUND  

  AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO  

  INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM    

  PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN...SO FLOODING IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  WILMINGTON...

  WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...

  SABINA...

  JEFFERSONVILLE...

  BLOOMINGBURG...



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS

LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR

VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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