

000 

WGUS51 KILN 260541

FFWILN

OHC017-260830-

/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0012.090626T0541Z-090626T0830Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

141 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT.



* AT 134 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED   

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE TO LOCALLY FIVE INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM JUST SOUTH OF OXFORD THROUGH HAMILTON 

  TO AROUND BECKETT RIDGE. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

  RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS BUTLER COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM. THIS WILL        

  PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. 



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

HAMILTON...MIDDLETOWN...MONROE...OXFORD...SOUTH MIDDLETOWN...

TRENTON...ROSS AND SEVEN MILE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU OBSERVE 

FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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 3956 8482 3957 8448 3959 8447 3959 8436

      3955 8436 3955 8433 3929 8435 3931 8464

      3930 8466 3930 8482



$$

