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WGUS51 KILN 050306

FFWILN

OHC107-050700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1107 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT...



* THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN MERCER 

COUNTY TONIGHT.  THIS HAS CAUSED SOILS TO BECOME SATURATED.  SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 

COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM EDT. AS A RESULT...AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE LIKELY.  CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL OVERFLOW 

THEIR BANKS.  LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BECOME 

INUNDATED WITH WATER.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  CELINA...

  COLDWATER...

  FORT RECOVERY...

  ROCKFORD...

  ST. HENRY...



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.



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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