Flash Flood Warning
Issued At: Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 5:00 PM EDT
Expires At: Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT. * AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 PM NORTH OF NEPTUNE AND NEAR MENDON. * HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MENDON AND AREAS ALONG THE SAINT MARYS RIVER FROM THE MERCER-AUGLAIZE COUNTY LINE TO ROCKFORD. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG STATE ROUTES 707 AND 117...AS WELL AS U S ROUTE 127 IN NORTHEAST MERCER COUNTY MAY BE IMPACTED.
Areas affected: Mercer
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