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OHC087-190830-



FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1242 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE 



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT...



* AT 1233 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME ROADS STILL IN

  FLOOD AND CREEKS AND STREAMS RIGHT AROUND BANKFULL.  NATIONAL

  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST WOULD MOVE INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY BY 2 AM.

  THESE STORMS COULD BRING A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH RAINFALL PER

  HOUR.  THIS WOULD KEEP CREEKS AND STREAMS AT BANKFULL OR PUSH THEM

  OVER BANKFULL WHILE CAUSING FARTHER FLOODING OVER ROADWAYS.  SOME

  COMMUNITIES AFFECTED ARE WATERLOO...WILGUS AND CHESAPEAKE.





<<CALL TO ACTION>> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



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

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



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