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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

639 PM EDT SUN APR 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN 

  ADAMS COUNTY. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 6 PM...WITH 

  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM.



* AT 639 PM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF 

  PEEBLES...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILLSBORO...AND THE 

  THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  LOCUST GROVE...

  LOUDEN...

  MARBLE FURNACE...

  MAY HILL...

  PEEBLES...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS

OR WARNINGS.

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