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WGUS71 KILN 070647

FFSILN

OHC107-070845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

247 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MERCER COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM...



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  CELINA...

  COLDWATER...

  ROCKFORD...



SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MERCER COUNTY EARLY 

THIS MORNING.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING 

ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...AND THESE WILL MOVE BACK INTO MERCER 

COUNTY BY 4 AM.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING 

PROBLEMS ACROSS THE COUNTY.  AT 1 AM...THE MERCER COUNTY EMA OFFICE 

REPORTED EVACUATIONS IN ROCKFORD AND ALONG THE SAINT MARYS RIVER.  

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. HEAVY RAIN OBSCURES VISION AND MAKES IT

DIFFICULT TO SEE WATER ON THE ROAD. 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.



STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE

WEATHER INFORMATION.



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RYAN

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