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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

725 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

  SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.



* AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST ADAMS

  AND SOUTHERN SCIOTO COUNTIES.



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

  1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 PM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

WHEELERSBURG...FRANKLIN FURNACE...NEW BOSTON...ROSEMOUNT AND

SCIOTODALE.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3883 8345 3879 8265 3866 8272 3866 8276

      3861 8274 3858 8276 3857 8280 3859 8286

      3874 8289 3871 8305 3862 8316 3866 8346

TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 180DEG 0KT 3868 8311



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