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WGUS71 KILN 160658

FFSILN

INC137-160830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

158 AM EST MON JUN 16 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RIPLEY COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM

EST...



AT 155 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR VERSAILLES TO REXVILLE 

TO THE JEFFERSON PROVING GROUND.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING 

SLOWLY TO THE WEST AT 5 MPH.  DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 

THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN NEAR THE REXVILLE AND 

BENHAM AREAS IN THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF. 



* AT 142 EST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 800 S 

FLOODED ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF REXVILLE.  BIG CREEK...LITTLE GRAHAM 

CREEK...AND BENHAM CREEK ARE LIKELY FLOWING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE AREA.  PERSONS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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.

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