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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

215 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 415 AM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN 

  INDIANA...HEADING TOWARD NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY. FROM 1 TO 1.5 

  INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE APPROACHING 

  THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE THE STORMS ARE MOVING QUICKLY...THIS 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON FLOODED GROUND WILL WORSEN EXISTING 

  FLOODING. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  CELINA...

  COLDWATER...

  ROCKFORD...

  ST. HENRY...



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.



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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