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OHC047-071-131-141-050500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1053 PM EDT WED OCT 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO

  HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO

  ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT



* AT 1048 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED   

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS 

  MUCH OF THE AREA SO FAR THIS EVENING. 



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

  1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 100 AM EDT. RUNOFF FROM     

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

GREENFIELD...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...WAVERLY...BAINBRIDGE...

CYNTHIANA...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 3934 8292 3904 8288 3917 8353 3968 8362



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