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WGUS71 KILN 171817

FFSILN

OHC107-171900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

217 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2003



...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SAINT MARYS RIVER IN MERCER

COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MERCER COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAINFALL WAS 

ENDING ACROSS MERCER COUNTY...AND THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

HAD ENDED.



18 ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER.

WATER REMAINS HIGH...ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY BUT WAS 

RECEDING IN THE WEST. A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SAINT MARYS 

RIVER IN MERCER COUNTY OHIO WHICH REMAINS OOUT OF ITS BANKS DUE 

TO THE HEAVY RAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY AND THE 

ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

AUTOMOBILES.

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