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WGUS51 KILN 070843

FFWILN

OHC037-071145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

443 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 745 AM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.  

THESE STORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 630 AM...WITH ONE 

TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED.  THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE 

EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM EARLIER RAINS.



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

  GREENVILLE CREEK...

  STILLWATER RIVER...



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  ANSONIA...

  ARCANUM...

  GREENVILLE...

  UNION CITY...

  VERSAILLES...



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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