FLOOD WATCH FOR CINCINNATI, COLUMBUS, AND DAYTON, OH AREAS..

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
315 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT
FOR

IN OHIO...
ADAMS AUGLAIZE BROWN
BUTLER CHAMPAIGN CLARK
CLERMONT CLINTON DARKE
GREENE HAMILTON HARDIN
HIGHLAND LOGAN MERCER
MIAMI MONTGOMERY PIKE
PREBLE ROSS SCIOTO
SHELBY WARREN

IN KENTUCKY...
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL
CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT
KENTON LEWIS MASON
OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON

IN INDIANA...
DEARBORN FAYETTE FRANKLIN
OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
UNION WAYNE

THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH...CINCINNATI...
DAYTON...MAYSVILLE...PORTSMOUTH...RICHMOND AND WAPAKONETA

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE WEATHER DISTURBANCES INTO THE REGION
THROUGH MID WEEK. A SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE...COMBINED WITH A VERY
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS AS A
RESULT...RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR MAY OCCUR.

SINCE ONE TO AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...SOILS HAVE BECOME QUITE MOIST OR
NEARLY SATURATED. HEAVY RAINFALL ON NEARLY SATURATED SOILS WILL
CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD. ALSO...LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING CONDITIONS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH
AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
BE ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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