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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

1037 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEN COUNTY IN OHIO



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT



* AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES NORTH OF LIMA...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MERCER AND AUGLAIZE COUNTIES AND 

  MOVE INTO ALLEN COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

  HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTIMATED NEAR AND SOUTHWEST OF LIMA.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

  LOCATIONS...

  SPENCERVILLE

  LIMA

  CAIRO

  LAFAYETTE

  BEAVERDAM



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED 

ACROSS SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE 

FROM LIMA TO BETWEEN SPENCERVILLE AND FORT SHAWNEE. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

NORTHERN INDIANA.



LAT...LON 4070 8438 4065 8398 4088 8388 4089 8409

          4085 8411 4085 8431

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