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WGUS51 KILN 280253

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OHC145-280645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1052 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN OHIO



* UNTIL 245 AM EDT



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD

  FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN SCIOTO COUNTY SINCE 6 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 

  TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 AM AS MORE SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.



* LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EVACUATIONS DUE TO HIGH WATER 

  NEAR SOUTH WEBSTER.



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 3900 8330 3867 8328 3866 8270 3896 8260



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