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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

417 AM EDT WED AUG 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AUGLAIZE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 715 AM EDT.



* AT 413 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE   

  WARNED AREA SINCE 230 AM EDT.  



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

  1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS        

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

MARYS...WAPAKONETA...CRIDERSVILLE...MINSTER AND WAYNESFIELD.



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 4070 8442 4067 8410 4064 8407 4063 8388

      4053 8389 4053 8398 4048 8399 4048 8433

      4039 8433 4038 8442 4036 8443 4037 8444

      4068 8444

TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 180DEG 0KT 4058 8419



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