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WGUS71 KILN 171544

FFSILN

KYC135-OHC131-145-171845-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1144 AM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEWIS...PIKE AND SCIOTO

COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  CAMP DIX...

  VANCEBURG...

  LUCASVILLE...

  PIKETON...

  PORTSMOUTH...

  ROSEMOUNT...

  SCIOTODALE...

  SOUTH WEBSTER...



AT 1139 AM EDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN 

SCIOTO AND LEWIS COUNTIES...WITH A PICKUP TRUCK WASHED DOWNSTREAM 

IN SALT LICK CREEK IN LEWIS COUNTY. SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HAVE 

BEEN LET OUT EARLY.



MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS IN 

THE WARNING AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH LIKELY. CONTINUED FLOODING 

PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED.



NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD OR AROUND HIGH WATER

SIGNS. MORE THAN HALF OF FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IT

ONLY TAKES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET OF WATER TO FLOAT A CAR OR TRUCK.



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