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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1015 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.



* AT 1014 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED  

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN PARTS OF 

  SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM EDT.



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

  1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM EDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS   

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

MECHANICSBURG...NORTH LEWISBURG AND ST. PARIS.



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 4025 8378 4024 8378 4024 8375 4022 8349

      4001 8351 4001 8352 4004 8403 4026 8401

      4027 8400



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