BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
454 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS ROSS COUNTY THIS EVENING. AS MUCH AS 4 
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE    
  COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE 
  WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ROSS COUNTY.

  NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN  
  WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE EXISTING FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...
  BAINBRIDGE...
  CHILLICOTHE...
  FRANKFORT...
  
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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

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SEW/JDR