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WGUS71 KILN 281156

FFSILN

OHC145-281300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

755 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCIOTO COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE...



AT 750 AM EDT...SCIOTO COUNTY EMA REPORTED 20 ROADS WERE CLOSED 

ACROSS THE COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATED ANYWHERE FROM 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY TO NEARLY 5 INCHES 

ACROSS THE SOUTH.  THE RAIN HAS COME TO AN END.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF 

WILL CONTINUE INTO CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS KEEPING WATER LEVELS 

FROM FALLING THE NEXT HOUR.



AFTER 9 AM...THE WATER WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE.  RESIDENTS SHOULD BE 

PREPARED FOR POSSIBLY MORE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER ROUND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS WILL BE MORE 

SCATTERED THAN THE ONES LAST NIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL STILL BE 

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS.



NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD OR AROUND HIGH WATER

SIGNS. MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IT

ONLY TAKES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT A CAR OR TRUCK.



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