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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

641 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS E3XTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



* AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY ACROSS EASTERN SCIOTO COUNTY...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ONE AND HALF TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER EASTERN SCIOTO COUNTY BETWEEN 

PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH WEBSTER.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE AS 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS SOUTHEAST SCIOTO COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  WHEELERSBURG...

  WEST PORTSMOUTH...

  SOUTH WEBSTER...

  SCIOTODALE...

  ROSEMOUNT...

  PORTSMOUTH...

  NEW BOSTON...



SCIOTO COUNTY EMA REPORTS THE FIREHOUSE IS BEING EVACUATED IN SOUTH 

WEBSTER ALONG WITH POSSIBLE OTHER EVACUATIONS.  EMA ALSO REPORTS 

MANY STATE HIGHWAY ROADS HAVE HIGH WATER ON THEM AND SOME CLOSURES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.  



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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