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WGUS71 KILN 101849

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OHC015-101945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

248 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003



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

EXPIRE...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN BROWN COUNTY. WHILE WATER REMAINS HIGH 

ACROSS SOME ROADWAYS...THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE 

PRECIPITATION...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW WATER TO RECEDE OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA 

LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL WARNINGS 

ISSUED FOR BROWN COUNTY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME

MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS

ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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