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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

834 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006



OHC065-130245-

HARDIN OH-

834 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARDIN COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM

EDT...



AT 829 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO REPORT THAT EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN KENTON.  ONE TO TWO FEET OF 

WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE COVERING OHIO ROUTE 67 NEAR THE 

WAL-MART/KROGER. 



RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA WITH ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 1045 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM 

THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE TO 

OCCUR.



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

ALGER...GRANT...HEPBURN...HUNTERSVILLE...JUMBO...MCGUFFEY AND

MENTZER.



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 ROAD TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS...ESPECIALLY IF VISIBILITY IS RESTRICTED 

DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF 

UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR 

WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



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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