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WGUS51 KRLX 182311

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OHC009-163-190200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

707 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATHENS COUNTY IN OHIO...

  VINTON COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...



* AT 710 PM RAINFALL OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE AND ONE

  HALF INCHES HAD FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF VINTON AND ATHENS COUNTIES

  IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. MANY SMALL STREAMS HAVE COME OUT OF THEIR

  BANKS. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO AND SMALL 

  STREAMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW UNTIL AROUND 10 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MCARTHUR...LAKE HOPE

  STATE PARK...GLOUSTER...COOLVILLE AND ATHENS.



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

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



$$



LAT...LON 3956 8212 3937 8229 3934 8274 3922 8272

          3915 8245 3905 8238 3924 8232 3918 8176

          3943 8187 3946 8206



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