

000 

WGUS51 KILN 042254

FFWILN

OHC049-050045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

652 PM EDT WED OCT 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT



* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED   

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS   

  THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY.  NUMEROUS       

  REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM ACROSS THE      

  COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AREA.



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

  ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS    

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

COLUMBUS...DUBLIN...GAHANNA...GROVE CITY...HILLIARD...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.



LAT...LON 4013 8277 3982 8280 3980 8323 4012 8323



$$



HAWBLITZEL

