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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1052 PM EDT SAT AUG 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  CLERMONT COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT...



* AT 1052 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAIN...ACROSS NORTHERN CLERMONT COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST

  AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



* ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AROUND 1 TO 1.5 

  INCHES OF RAIN IN THE NEXT HOUR.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL 

  PRODUCE LOCAL PONDING OF WATER...AND FLOODING OF AREA STREAMS AND 

  CREEKS.



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 LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS

OR WARNINGS.



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