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OHC061-190430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1028 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT...



* AT 1028 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS

  AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...MOVING EAST THROUGH

  THE COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN THE NEXT HOUR WILL

  CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES AND 

  CREEKS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS AND CREEKS.

SHALLOW...GENTLY FLOWING WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A 

MATTER OF MINUTES.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.



STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER 

STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.



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