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WGUS51 KILN 182057

FFWILN

OHC141-182300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

454 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS ROSS COUNTY THIS EVENING. AS MUCH AS 4 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE    

  COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE 

  WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ROSS COUNTY.



  NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN  

  WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE EXISTING FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  BAINBRIDGE...

  CHILLICOTHE...

  FRANKFORT...

  

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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SEW/JDR

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