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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1240 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



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

THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN OHIO...

  ADAMS                 BROWN                 BUTLER

  CLERMONT              CLINTON               FAYETTE

  GREENE                HAMILTON              HIGHLAND

  HOCKING               MONTGOMERY            PICKAWAY

  PIKE                  PREBLE                ROSS

  SCIOTO                WARREN



IN KENTUCKY...

  BOONE                 BRACKEN               CAMPBELL

  CARROLL               GALLATIN              GRANT

  KENTON                LEWIS                 MASON

  OWEN                  PENDLETON             ROBERTSON



IN INDIANA...

  DEARBORN              FAYETTE               FRANKLIN

  OHIO                  RIPLEY                SWITZERLAND

  UNION                 WAYNE



THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH...CINCINNATI...

DAYTON...MAYSVILLE...PORTSMOUTH AND RICHMOND



A LULL IN THE RAIN HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE NORTH 

AND EAST.



A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION HOWEVER.  

A STATIONARY FRONT MEANDERING ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO IS FORECAST TO 

SLOWLY DROP SOUTH INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY.  THIS COMBINED WITH THE 

HEATING OF THE DAY WILL HELP ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.



THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINFALL.   THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...ON TOP OF ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE RAPID RISE ON STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND 

MAY FORCE THEM OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  ALSO...THE WIND FLOW ACROSS THE 

AREA...WILL ALLOW FOR SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE SAME 

LOCATION REPEATEDLY...ENHANCING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.



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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