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WGUS71 KILN 212325

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OHZ088-220000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

723 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SCIOTO COUNTY UNTIL

8 PM...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE COME TO AN END OVER ACROSS SCIOTO

COUNTY.  HOWEVER...BEFORE THE RAIN CAME TO AN END 1.5 TO 3.5 INCHES

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH WEBSTER.  THIS AMOUNT

OF RAIN ON TOP OF THE SATURATED GROUND FROM THE FLOODING THAT

OCCURRED LATE LAST WEEK.



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS COME TO AN END...WATER WILL CONTINUE TO

RISE IN AREA STREAMS AND COLLECT ON ROADWAYS AND FIELDS.  WATER

SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE AFTER 8 PM.



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