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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING   ....CORRECTION...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

603 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALLIA COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT...



* AT 600 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO GALLIA COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN...ONE TO

  ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING

  WHEN SMALL STREAM BASINS RECEIVE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF

  RAIN IN ONE HOUR...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO BEGIN.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.





PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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