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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

735 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006



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WARREN OH-

735 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM 

EDT...



AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN WARREN COUNTY THIS EVENING.  



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER  

INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM EDT.  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LEBANON...

MASON...SPRINGBORO...MORROW...WAYNESVILLE...BUTLERVILLE...CAESAR

CREEK STATE PARK AND CORWIN.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY. DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH ON THE THE ROAD. IT ONLY

TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY

VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IF VISIBILITY IS RESTRICTED

DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY

AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT

DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3956 8400 3927 8405 3931 8434 3956 8429

      3957 8416



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