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OHC173-050045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

439 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 436 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...A BAND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE 

CENTRAL PART OF WOOD COUNTY NEAR BOWLING GREEN.  SEVERAL INCHES OF 

RAINFALL MAY OCCUR QUICKLY WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH 530 PM AND WILL 

LIKELY LEAD TO RAPID FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BOWLING GREEN



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES, STORM SEWERS OR

STREAMS.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

ADAMS

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