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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1119 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008



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CHAMPAIGN OH-

1119 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM

EDT...



AT 1111 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN URBANA WHERE SOME ROADS 

WERE COVERED IN UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER.



RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. 

BUT FURTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAINFALL...WITH ANOTHER 1 INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 AM EDT. RUNOFF 

FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE 

TO OCCUR.



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

MECHANICSBURG...NORTH LEWISBURG...ST. PARIS...CABLE...CARYSVILLE...

CATAWBA STATION AND CHRISTIANSBURG.



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.



LAT...LON 4025 8378 4024 8378 4024 8375 4022 8349

      4001 8351 4001 8352 4004 8403 4026 8401

      4027 8400



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