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WGUS51 KILN 101414

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OHC001-145-101715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1011 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS UPGRADED THE FLOOD 

WARNINGS TO 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN OHIO...

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 115 PM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN 

PARTS ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTIES AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.  UP TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 6 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH NOON.



* AT 1011 AM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS IN BOTH ADAMS AND SCIOTO COUNTY 

HAVE REPORTED HIGH WATER ON ROADWAYS AND A FEW ROADS CLOSED.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL MAKE MATTERS WORSE.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  LUCASVILLE...

  MANCHESTER...

  PEEBLES...

  PORTSMOUTH...

  ROSEMOUNT...

  SCIOTODALE...

  SEAMAN...

  WEST UNION...

  WINCHESTER...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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