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WGUS71 KILN 130042

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OHZ061-062-130200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

834 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREEN COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM...



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

MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER

EASTERN MONTGOMERY AND WESTERN GREENE COUNTY SINCE 5 PM.  A

SPOTTER REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING A ROAD NEAR THE COUNTY

LINE.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH 930 PM...WITH LOCAL

RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH STILL POSSIBLE.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.



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JOHNSTONE

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