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OHC157-251530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

ISSUED BY NWS CLEVELAND OH

837 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TUSCARAWAS COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING HAS CREATED A FLOODING 

SITUATION.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  NEW PHILADELPHIA

  DOVER

  NEWCOMERSTOWN



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES THIS MORNING OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE 

WOLF CREEK AREA.  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED BY 11 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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