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WGUS51 KILN 060202

FFWILN

OHC017-025-061-165-060800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

902 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN OHIO

  CLERMONT COUNTY IN OHIO

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN OHIO

  WARREN COUNTY IN OHIO



* UNTIL 300 AM EST



* AT 849 PM EST...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS 

SOUTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT.  RAINFALL OF A TENTH 

TO TWO TENTHS AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 2 AM...WITH MOST 

LOCATIONS EXPECTED TO SEE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF 

RAINFALL BY 3 AM.



THIS EXPECTED RAIN ON TOP OF MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAINFALL ON MONDAY 

AND ALL THE SNOW MELT LATE LAST WEEK HAS CREATED A DANGEROUS 

SITUATION WITH AREA CREEKS AND PROBLEMATIC LOW SPOTS.  EXPECT WATER 

TO RISE RAPIDLY



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

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.



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 3957 8484 3913 8483 3910 8448 3894 8426

      3881 8423 3879 8403 3954 8397



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