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WGUS51 KILN 181811

FFWILN

OHC141-182100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

207 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROSS COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT...



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

  MOVE THROUGH ROSS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.  UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN    

  HAS FALLEN IN THE CLARKSBURG AREA...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...

  CHILLICOTHE...

  FRANKFORT...

  BAINBRIDGE...

  MASSIEVILLE...



A FLASH 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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