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WGUS51 KILN 062258

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OHC131-070100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

653 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FOR...

  PIKE COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 900 PM EDT...



* AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN

  EASTERN PIKE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  WATER HAS BEEN

  REPORTED COVERING STATE ROUTE 23 IN DOWNTOWN PIKETON.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN

  PIKE COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

  BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. BETWEEN THREE

  QUARTERS TO  ONE INCH OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE

  FLOODING.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS AND CREEKS.

SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A

MATTER OF MINUTES.



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