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WGUS51 KCLE 082145

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OHC101-082345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

546 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 541 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...AN AREA OF         

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OVER SOUTHWEST MARION

  COUNTY.  MORE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 7

  PM THIS EVENING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  LA RUE

  NEW BLOOMINGTON



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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