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WGUS51 KILN 182149

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OHC071-141-182345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

549 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO

  ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

  SINCE 430 PM.



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

  1 TO 1.5 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 745 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS   

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

HILLSBORO AND LEESBURG.



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.



LAT...LON 3935 8367 3919 8370 3926 8327 3939 8327



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