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WGUS51 KILN 171639

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OHC037-171930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1236 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 330 PM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

  NORTHWEST DARKE COUNTY. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN 

  EXTREME NORTHWEST DARKE COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS LINE OF

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK SLOWLY EAST ACROSS DARKE COUNTY...

  PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE

  EXPECTED THROUGH 3 PM ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL DARKE COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  ANSONIA...

  VERSAILLES...

  UNION CITY...

  ROSSBURG...  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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.

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