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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

426 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 830 AM EDT.



* AT 425 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS RESULTING IN MANY FLOODED ROADS ACROSS THE 

NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.



* RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 1100 

PM EDT YESTERDAY.  SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED 

TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 7 AM EDT.  

THIS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDE...ADA...ALGER...DUNKIRK...PATTERSON AND FOREST.



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 4081 8387 4081 8349 4067 8348 4067 8387

TIME...MOT...LOC 0826Z 180DEG 0KT 4072 8370



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