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WGUS71 KILN 201302

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OHZ064-073-201430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

902 AM EDT FRI JUL 20 2001



...PONDING OF WATER EXPECTED OVER WESTERN PICKAWAY AND ROSS

COUNTIES...



THUNDERSHOWERS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PICKAWAY ALONG WITH WESTERN

ROSS COUNTIES WAS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AN

HOUR.  IN FACT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN

HAS FALLEN NEAR ATLANTA AND NEW HOLLAND SINCE 7 AM.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE WITH THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSHOWERS

THROUGH 1030 AM BRINGING WITH THEM AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF

RAIN.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID WATER COVERED ROADWAYS IN WESTERN

PICKAWAY AND ROSS COUNTIES.  PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATTER

STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WITH THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.



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