Flash Flood Warning

FFWILN

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... North Central Fairfield County in central Ohio... Southern Licking County in central Ohio...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 354 PM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Heath, Pataskala, Buckeye Lake, Hebron, Millersport, Fairfield Beach, Harbor Hills, Beechwood Trails, Etna, Kirkersville, Gratiot, Interstate 70 at State Route 37, Interstate 70 at State Route 13, State Route 158 at State Route 204 and Brownsville.