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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1023 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT



* AT 1021 PM EDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING OF BELL 

ROAD NEAR LEXINGTON DUE TO A CREEK WHICH HAS SWOLLEN OVER ITS BANKS 

FROM RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING.  FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN OBSERVED 

IN SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY.  RADAR 

CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN RICHLAND 

COUNTY WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLOODING.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BELLVILLE

  LEXINGTON



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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