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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
510 AM EDT MON SEP 7 2009

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MONROE OH-
510 AM EDT MON SEP 7 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR SMALL
STREAMS IN MONROE COUNTY...

AT 501 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND RAINFALL DATA HAVE 
ESTIMATED MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR ANTIOCH IN 
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY OHIO SINCE SUNDAY EVENING. RADAR SHOWS 
RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH INTO MID 
MORNING. SO THE HARD HIT AREA COULD GET ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN BY 
9 AM. 

THIS CAN CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS IN SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY OHIO 
TO GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS...LIKE WITTEN FORK...WALNUT CAMP 
RUN...TRAIL RUN...AND THE SMALL STREAMS THAT FEED INTO THESE.

SOME LOCATIONS IN NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY OHIO BETWEEN LEWISVILLE 
AND MILTONSBURG HAVE GOTTEN MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE SUNDAY 
EVENING. THIS HARD HIT AREA COULD ALSO GET ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN 
BY 9 AM. THIS CAN BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SUNFISH CREEK AND ITS FEEDER 
STREAMS TO GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS INTO LOWLYING AREAS.   

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN 
REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT 
EXPECTED. BESIDES STREAM FLOODING...MUD AND ROCK SLIDES CAN ALSO 
OCCUR...SO MOTORISTS AND CAMPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THESE HAZARDS.  

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

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LAT...LON 3957 8104 3957 8126 3960 8126 3960 8128
      3970 8127 3970 8132 3987 8131 3983 8082
      3981 8082 3976 8087 3970 8083 3968 8086
      3961 8090 3960 8096 3955 8103

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