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WGUS71 KILN 251908

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OHZ054-073-252030-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

305 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL OHIO PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...



A LARGE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH MADISON COUNTY WILL PRODUCE

UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR...WHILE SIMILAR RAINFALL CAN BE

EXPECTED WITH A THUNDERSTORM OVER ROSS COUNTY.



WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED IN THESE AREAS...LOCALIZED FLOODING

IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THERE MAY BE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS

AND LOW LYING AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY...

SO THE RAINFALL WILL NOT LAST LONG...AND THE FLOODING IS NOT

EXPECTED TO BE EXTREME.



IF YOU ARE NEAR...OR LIVE...IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING.



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JDR

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