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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

616 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LICKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO



* UNTIL 715 PM EDT



* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN

  LICKING COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST

  TWO HOURS HAVE OCCURRED NEAR ALEXANDRIA...JOHNSTOWN...AND JERSEY.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER

  1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 715 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BEECHWOOD

TRAILS...GRANVILLE SOUTH...JOHNSTOWN...PATASKALA AND SUMMIT STATION.



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.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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.



LAT...LON 4022 8249 3997 8256 3994 8279 4024 8275



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