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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

548 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



OHC049-012300-

FRANKLIN OH-

548 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM

EDT...



AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

SOUTHERN HALF OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COLUMBUS SUBURBS FROM 

GROVE CITY EAST TO GROVEPORT AND REYNOLDSBURG.



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

INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 700 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BEXLEY...GROVE

CITY...REYNOLDSBURG...CANAL WINCHESTER...GROVEPORT...BLACKLICK

ESTATES...BRICE AND LOCKBOURNE.



IN ADDITION...PLACES ALONG THE FOLLOWING STREAMS MAY BE AFFECTED... 

BIG WALNUT CREEK AND BLACKLICK CREEK IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE 

COUNTY...WALNUT CREEK...GRANT RUN AND SCIOTO BIG RUN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3992 8324 3981 8322 3979 8282 3998 8280



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