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OHC161-221000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA

238 AM EDT WED AUG 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VAN WERT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO



* UNTIL 600 AM EDT



* AT 236 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3

  MILES EAST OF CONVOY TO WREN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5

  MILES NORTHWEST OF VAN WERT TO 5 MILES EAST OF DECATUR...MOVING

  EAST AT 15 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING

LOCATIONS...

  GLENMORE...DULL AND ABANAKA...

  WETSEL AND OHIO CITY...

  MIDDLE POINT...

  JONESTOWN AND VENEDOCIA...

  CONVERSE AND ELGIN...

  VAN WERT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. IN ADDITION...FLOODING OF 

COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4099 8439 4073 8439 4073 8480 4099 8480

TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 280DEG 32KT 4091 8457 4080 8476



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