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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

342 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HIGHLAND COUNTY IN OHIO...

  BROWN COUNTY IN OHIO...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 1 TO 1.5 

  INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 3 PM OVER PORTIONS OF HIGHLAND AND BROWN 

  COUNTIES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 430 

  PM. THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO MOVING INTO ADAMS COUNTY. THESE AREAS 

  ALL HAD WIDESPREAD FLOODING EARLIER TODAY...SO THIS ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL WILL CREATE FLASH FLOODING AGAIN. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  BELFAST...

  GEORGETOWN...

  HILLSBORO...

  PEEBLES...

  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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