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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1008 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES



IN KENTUCKY...

  BOONE                 CAMPBELL              CARROLL

  GALLATIN              GRANT                 KENTON

  OWEN                  PENDLETON



IN OHIO...

  BUTLER                CLERMONT              CLINTON

  HAMILTON              WARREN



IN INDIANA...

  DEARBORN              FRANKLIN              OHIO

  RIPLEY                SWITZERLAND



THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH...CINCINNATI AND 

DAYTON.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR

THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND

NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE ONE

QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS 

EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF CINCINNATI. THEREFORE...

THIS PORTION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 





...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FOR TODAY FOR THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN OHIO...

  ADAMS                 BROWN                 HIGHLAND

  HOCKING               PIKE                  ROSS

  SCIOTO



IN KENTUCKY...

  BRACKEN               LEWIS                 MASON

  ROBERTSON



THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH...MAYSVILLE AND 

PORTSMOUTH.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 

AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE FLASH

FLOOD WATCH AREA. THIS RAINFALL ON VERY SATURATED GROUND WILL 

LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE

POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL, AVOID LOW LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL

WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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