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WGUS51 KILN 070336

FFWILN

OHC107-070930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1131 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS

  CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO MERCER COUNTY. RAINFALL 

  ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL

  2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL EXASPERATE THE FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. 

  THE SAINT MARYS RIVER IS ALREADY FLOODING AND THIS ADDITIONAL 

  RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING 

  SITUATION



* 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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AR/SH

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