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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

430 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 EDT FOR

HIGHLAND...BROWN...CLERMONT...CAMPBELL...KENTON...BOONE...OHIO AND

SWITZERLAND COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 615 PM FOR CLINTON COUNTY.



...FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS REMAINS IN

EFFECT FOR RIPLEY...DEARBORN...BUTLER...WARREN AND GREENE COUNTIES

UNTIL 530 PM EDT.



HEAVY RAIN FROM ONE INCH TO WELL OVER TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER

ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD

FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER THE TRI STATE AND UP THE LITTLE MIAMI BASIN

AREA.



NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING...FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS HAS BEEN RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON.

ADDITIONAL STORMS RIGHT ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AND EAST OF CINCINNATI

WILL WORSEN ANY EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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JDR

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