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WGUS51 KILN 020059

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OHC091-020300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

854 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT



* AT 847 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS

  PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN BELLEFONTAINE. SPOTTER REPORTED 2.5

  INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR AND WATER RUNNING ACROSS A FEW 

  ROADWAYS IN BELLEFONTAINE. 



* RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM WEST LIBERTY 

  THROUGH BELLEFONTAINE TO LEWISTOWN...WITH ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE

  THROUGH 10 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE

  FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

BELLEFONTAINE...DE GRAFF...LAKEVIEW AND RUSSELLS POINT.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

WILMINGTON.



LAT...LON 4049 8367 4025 8368 4027 8398 4052 8401



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