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WGUS51 KILN 050047

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OHC047-141-050245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

845 PM EDT WED OCT 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO

  ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO



* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT



* AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED   

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS 

  PARTS OF FAYETTE AND WESTERN ROSS COUNTIES SINCE 7 PM.



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

  1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 1045 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS       

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...BAINBRIDGE...BLOOMINGBURG...JEFFERSONVILLE

AND NORTH FOLK VILLAGE.



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. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY

AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT

DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3942 8292 3917 8276 3920 8331 3939 8358

      3978 8366



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