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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1043 PM EST TUE JUL 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  UNION COUNTY IN INDIANA...



* UNTIL 300 AM EST...



* AT 1043 PM EST...2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIBERTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF OXFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  LIBERTY...



2 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN FAYETTE 

COUNTY SINCE EARLY THIS EVENING.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY MORNING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY.



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.



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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