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WGUS51 KILN 280907

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OHC145-281200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

502 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 800 AM EDT...



* AT 502 AM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES NORTHWEST    

  OF LUCASVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF WEST PORTSMOUTH...      

  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL   

  HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN SCIOTO COUNTY WITH 1 TO 2       

  INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE  

  TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS     

  CONTINUE THROUGH 730 AM ACROSS SCIOTO COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  LUCASVILLE...

  ROSEMOUNT...

  WEST PORTSMOUTH...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS BEFORE SUNRISE 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.



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