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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

940 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  ROSS COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT...



* AT 935 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...8 MILES NORTHWEST OF

  BAINBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENFIELD...MOVING

  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE SAME PART OF THE COUNTY THAT RECEIVED

  HEAVY RAIN AND FROM THE PREVIOUS STORMS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF

  PRODUCING BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. SINCE THE

  GROUND IS SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL EARLIER...

  AROUND ONE AND ONE QUARTER OF AN 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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