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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1201 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE VESUVIUS...IRONTON...PINE GROVE



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT



* AT 1156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 10 PM.

  SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATERLOO...

  VERNON...PEDRO AND AID.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A 

FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



THE RAIN SHOULD BE DIMINISHING BY 1 PM...BUT STREAMS COULD STILL

BE RISING.



&&



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



LAT...LON 3872 8268 3876 8253 3870 8247 3868 8248

      3867 8244 3860 8236 3859 8236 3858 8235

      3854 8230 3847 8258 3853 8269 3854 8270

      3857 8279



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