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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

757 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN OHIO...

  CLINTON COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...



* AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN RUNNING

  FROM XENIA TO LEBANON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.



* THE LINE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CLINTON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES

  THROUGH 9 PM. 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.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS

LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR

VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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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