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OHZ054>056-063>065-073-074-081-082-088-182215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

527 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM FOR

FAYETTE COUNTY...UNTIL 630 PM FOR PICKAWAY AND HOCKING COUNTIES...AND

UNTIL 7 PM FOR ROSS...PIKE...SCIOTO...AND ADAMS COUNTIES...



...FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IS IN EFFECT

UNTIL 645 PM FOR MADISON...FRANKLIN...LICKING AND FAIRFIELD

COUNTIES...



2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS

AFTERNOON. THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN ON ALREADY SATURATED SOIL...WHICH

HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS IN THE SCIOTO BASIN.



NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES...AND CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF

THEIR BANKS...HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE HARDEST HIT AREAS HAVE BEEN

ROSS AND FAYETTE COUNTIES WHERE ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT.



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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