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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

645 AM EST MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN INDIANA...



* UNTIL 845 AM EST...



* AT 645 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER UNION COUNTY.  THREE TO FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN UNION COUNTY SINCE 5 AM 

EST. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 AM EST.



* SOME STREAMS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING ARE...  EAST   

  FORK OF THE WHITEWATER RIVER...

  SILVER CREEK...



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  LIBERTY...

  KITCHEL...

  CLIFTON...

  ROSEBURG...

 

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MANY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE 

FLOODED WITH AS MUCH AS TWO FEET OF WATER. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

HAVE ASKED FOR PERSONS TO STAY HOME IF TRAVEL IS NOT NECESSARY. 

ALSO...STAY AWAY FROM CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WATER WILL RISE RAPIDLY.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY

BE TOO DEEP TO SAFELY CROSS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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