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OHC165-070130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

740 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  WARREN COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT...



* AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN

  NEAR MIDDLETOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.



* THE LINE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS WARREN COUNTY.  THESE STORMS

  ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN

  IN AN HOUR. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAINS 

  THAT FELL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AROUND 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.



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