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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

627 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO

  MIAMI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WERE MOVING BACK  

  INTO DARKE AND MIAMI COUNTIES.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 3  

  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS 

  AFTERNOON FROM ARCANUM EAST TO WEST MILTON AND LUDLOW FALLS. MANY  

  OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA HAD 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM THE      

  EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS.



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

  1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS        

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

GREENVILLE...TIPP CITY...TROY...WEST MILTON...ARCANUM... 

COVINGTON...AND PLEASANT HILL.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4011 8419 3990 8412 3990 8481 4013 8484



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RYAN

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