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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

905 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM 

SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN OHIO...

  ADAMS                 BROWN                 BUTLER

  CLERMONT              CLINTON               HAMILTON

  HIGHLAND              HOCKING               PIKE

  ROSS                  SCIOTO                WARREN



IN KENTUCKY...

  BOONE                 BRACKEN               CAMPBELL

  CARROLL               GALLATIN              GRANT

  KENTON                LEWIS                 MASON

  OWEN                  PENDLETON             ROBERTSON



IN INDIANA...

  DEARBORN              FRANKLIN              OHIO

  RIPLEY                SWITZERLAND



THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH...CINCINNATI...

DAYTON...MAYSVILLE AND PORTSMOUTH



THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS WANED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  HOWEVER 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND 

LOUISVILLE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE MAINLY SOUTH OF THE OHIO 

RIVER THIS EVENING.  ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING 

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD SOUTHERN 

OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.  AS A RESULT...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR...WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS.



RAINFALL DURING THE PAST WEEK HAS CAUSED THE SOIL TO BECOME 

SATURATED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...AND LOCALLY 

HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE

EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS. REMEMBER,

A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.



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