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INC177-OHC017-025-135-165-180800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1138 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN INDIANA...

  PREBLE COUNTY IN OHIO...

  WARREN COUNTY IN OHIO...

  CLERMONT COUNTY IN OHIO...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT(300 AM EST)...



* AT 1138 PM EDT(1038 PM EST)...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN...OR

  ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EATON...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.



SPOTTERS...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE EARLY THIS 

EVENING.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY 

MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY.

WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED THROUGHOUT THESE COUNTIES...AND THE 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO LIFE THREATENING 

FLOODING CONDITIONS.



A FLASH 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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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