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WGUS51 KILN 070758

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OHC011-071100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

358 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AUGLAIZE COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 700 AM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK INTO 

AUGLAIZE COUNTY FROM THE WEST EARLY THIS MORNING.  MANY LOCATIONS 

ACROSS THE COUNTY HAVE SEEN THREE TO FIVE INCHES SINCE SUNDAY 

AFTERNOON.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

DAYBREAK...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS.  



* SOME STREAMS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING ARE...

  SAINT MARYS RIVER



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  CRIDERSVILLE...

  ST. MARYS...

  WAPAKONETA...

  WAYNESFIELD...



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.  STAY TUNED 

TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR 

WARNINGS.

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