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WGUS51 KILN 181838

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INC029-137-OHC017-057-182130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

232 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA...

  DEARBORN COUNTY IN INDIANA...

  GREENE COUNTY IN OHIO...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN OHIO...



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

  MOVE THROUGH THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON. 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF    

  RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE LAST HOUR...AND AN        

  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.    

  THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN...SO FLOODING IS  

  LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.



* UNTIL 530 PM EDT(430 PM EST)...



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  XENIA...

  OXFORD...

  HAMILTON...

  BEAVERCREEK...

  MILAN...

  LAWRENCEBURG...

  BRIGHT...

  AURORA...

  VERSAILLES...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY

AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT.



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