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WGUS51 KILN 030308

FFWILN

OHC061-030600-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

1108 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT.



* AT 1102 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL

  WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS AROUND

  CINCINNATI INCLUDING PARTS OF INTERSTATE 75 AND INTERSTATE 71.

  RADAR AND RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

  FALLEN WITHIN AN HOUR.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 3930 8480 3927 8427 3925 8427 3922 8432

      3920 8431 3920 8428 3908 8430 3909 8444

      3911 8445 3910 8450 3912 8472 3914 8474

      3913 8477 3914 8481



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