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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

755 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



OHC049-089-129-020230-

PICKAWAY OH-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING OH-

755 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FRANKLIN...LICKING AND PICKAWAY

COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...



AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 5 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PICKAWAY AND 

SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. ACROSS WESTERN LICKING COUNTY ABOUT AN 

INCH FELL IN THE SAME AREA THAT RECEIVED 5 TO 6 INCHES YESTERDAY.



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE 

WARNED AREA. THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN BY 9 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

COLUMBUS...GAHANNA...GRANVILLE...GROVE CITY...HEATH...REYNOLDSBURG

AND UPPER ARLINGTON.



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...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4012 8309 3967 8325 3967 8287 3994 8280

      3993 8246 4020 8241



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