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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

609 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 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...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR FAYETTE...HOCKING AND PICKAWAY

COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



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...AS WELL AS CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT

OF THEIR BANKS...HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. EVEN WHERE THE WARNINGS HAVE

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...SOME HIGH WATER PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY

CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.



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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