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WGUS51 KILN 182250

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OHC001-145-190100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

645 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN OHIO...

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT...



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  WHEELERSBURG...

  WEST UNION...

  PORTSMOUTH...

  PEEBLES...

  LUCASVILLE...



THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SEVERAL FEET OF WATER OVER AREA 

ROADS AND REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED IN VEHICLES IN SCIOTO COUNTY. 

WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THIS AREA...ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPTECTED LATER THIS EVENING.



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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JDR

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