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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

522 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 915 PM EDT



* AT 521 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXTREME NORTHERN 

HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR THE WOOD COUNTY LINE.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 

2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 4 PM WITH ANOTHER INCH OR 

MORE POSSIBLE BY 545 PM.  RAPID FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR FOR 

AREAS NORTH OF ROUTE 613 IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  MCCOMB

  DEWEYVILLE

  VAN BUREN



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

STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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.

$$

ADAMS

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