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WGUS51 KILN 221357

FFWILN

OHC037-221545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

956 AM EDT WED AUG 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT...



* AT 955 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH          

  TORRENTIAL RAIN...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING         

  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WESTERN PART OF DARKE COUNTY AROUND      

  PALESTINE...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED DURING THE 

  NEXT HOUR.  



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  GREENVILLE...

  ARCANUM...

  PALESTINE...

  NEW MADISON...



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.



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