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WGUS51 KILN 220054

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OHC017-220215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

851 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  BUTLER COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  TRENTON...

  SOUTH MIDDLETOWN...

  SEVEN MILE...

  OXFORD...

  MIDDLETOWN...

  HAMILTON...

  FAIRFIELD...



*AT 854 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING TORRENTIAL 

RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON. THIS CLUSTER HAS PRODUCED AROUND 1 

INCH OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE AS THE CLUSTER MOVES SLOWLY EAST. THIS WILL CAUSE CREEKS 

AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT 

DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE 

WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY AND 

THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT.

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