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OHC015-101845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1248 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROWN COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 245 PM EDT...



* AT 1248 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED COUNTY WIDE DANGEROUS    

  STREET FLOODING.  SOME PLACES HAVE HAD UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN AND  

  THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN  

  AND WORSEN ANY EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  GEORGETOWN...

  MOUNT ORAB...

  SARDINIA...



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.



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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