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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

654 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

  WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.



* AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED   

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

  ALONG INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN WEST CHESTER...MASON AND MONROE IN     

  SOUTHEAST BUTLER AND WESTERN WARREN COUNTIES SINCE 445 PM.  AN     

  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE     

  OVER THE SAME AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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



IN ADDITION...PLACES ALONG THE FOLLOWING STREAMS MAY BE AFFECTED...

MILLERS CREEK...

GREGORY CREEK...

LITTLE MUDDY CREEK...



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.



DURING HEAVY RAIN...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...

CULVERTS...CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. SHALLOW GENTLY

FLOWING WATER CAN RISE RAPIDLY IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND SWEEP

CHILDREN AWAY.



LAT...LON 3944 8426 3930 8432 3931 8446 3945 8447



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RYAN

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