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WGUS51 KILN 302358

FFWILN

OHC023-310200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

756 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



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

  CLARK COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...



* AT 755 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY   

  HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER    

  CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD.  STREET FLOODING IS  

  ALREADY OCCURRING...AND WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF              

  RAIN EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HOUR...MORE FLOODING OF STREETS AND  

  OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  SPRINGFIELD...

  HUSTEAD...

  THORPS...



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.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADS...AS IT IS HARD TO TELL HOW DEEP THE WATER IS.



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