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WGUS51 KILN 182013

FFWILN

OHC131-145-182300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

408 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...



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

MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA BY 5 PM. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON TOP OF SATURATED 

GROUND...AGGRAVATING ANY EXISTING PROBLEMS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  LUCASVILLE...

  PIKETON...

  PORTSMOUTH...

  SOUTH WEBSTER...

  WAVERLY...

  WHEELERSBURG...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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SEW

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