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WGUS51 KILN 122349

FFWILN

OHC065-130245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

745 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 739 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS

  PRODUCING FLOODING IN KENTON...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ON THE 

  ROADS...AND THE WATER HAD RISEN ONTO SEVERAL YARDS IN THE AREA. 



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

  AREA WITH ANOTHER INCH TO INCH AND A HALF POSSIBLE THROUGH 1045 PM

  EDT. RADAR HAS ESTIMATING THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE 

  REGION IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...KENTON AND

ALGER.



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 4073 8387 4053 8387 4051 8342 4068 8341

      4070 8349 4073 8349



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