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WGUS51 KILN 280242

FFWILN

OHC037-280445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1040 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO



* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT



* RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS

  SOUTHERN DARKE COUNTY SINCE 6 PM. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

  WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH THROUGH 

  MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 4016 8486 3992 8486 3992 8441 4013 8439



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