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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

413 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES



IN OHIO...

  ADAMS                 BROWN                 CLERMONT

  PIKE                  SCIOTO



IN KENTUCKY...

  BOONE                 BRACKEN               CAMPBELL

  CARROLL               GALLATIN              GRANT

  KENTON                LEWIS                 MASON

  OWEN                  PENDLETON             ROBERTSON



IN INDIANA...

  OHIO                  SWITZERLAND



THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH...PORTSMOUTH 

...MAYSVILLE AND COVINGTON.



A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.  AHEAD OF THE 

FRONT...AN EXTREMELY MOIST AIR MASS IS IN PLACE.  SCATTERED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVING UP TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE

POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL, AVOID LOW LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL

WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.



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WILKINSON

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