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WGUS71 KILN 251914

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OHZ043-051-053-252030-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

310 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2001



...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MIAMI VALLEY OHIO PRODUCING TORRENTIAL

RAIN...



A LARGE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH MIAMI COUNTY...BETWEEN COVINGTON

AND PIQUA...IS PRODUCING ABOUT AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN AN HOUR...AND

WILL PUSH INTO SHELBY COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM. WITH THE SOIL SATURATED

IN THESE AREAS...EXPECT LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS IN NORTHERN

MIAMI AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING IN

EASTERN CLARK COUNTY.



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 A FLOOD PRONE AREA...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK OR DRIVE

ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING. BE ALERT TO WATER ON AREA ROADS.



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JDR

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