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July 18, 2001
Severe Weather and Flooding

July 17-18, 2001 Rainfall:	July 2001 Monthly Rainfall:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1118 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0807 PM    BALTIMORE                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/17/01   FAIRFIELD                      TREES DOWN

0849 PM    RICHMOND                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/17/01   WAYNE                          ROOF OFF BARN AT
                                          JACKSONBURG AND JONES ROADS
                                          

0853 PM    MILFORD                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/17/01   CLERMONT                       TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          EIGHT STRUCTURES DAMAGED IN
                                          TOWN 

0950 PM    SOUTHERN HALF OF COUNTY   OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/17/01   CLERMONT                       TREES DOWN

1000 PM    COUNTY WIDE               OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/17/01   BROWN                          TREES DOWN

1030 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/17/01   BROWN                          HIGH WATER ON ROADS.
                                          SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED 

1030 PM    LAWSHE                    OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/17/01   ADAMS                          OHIO BRUSH CREEK OUT OF
                                          ITS BANKS 

1112 PM    RICHMOND                  IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/17/01   WAYNE                          HIGH WATER IN HOMES

1115 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/17/01   PREBLE                         ROADS FLOODED

1118 PM    5 N HAMILTON              OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/17/01   BUTLER                         STREETS FLOODED

1145 PM    2 S MASON                 OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/17/01   WARREN                         HIGH WATER ON WESTERN ROW
                                          ROAD 

1156 PM    NEWTOWN                   OH    MPH TSTM WIND GUST
07/17/01   HAMILTON                       60 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED 

1158 PM    SHARONVILLE               OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/17/01   HAMILTON                       FLOODED SHOP AND PARKING
                                          LOT 

1200 AM    MIAMI TOWNSHIP            OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   CLERMONT                       STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
                                          SEVERAL BRIDGES. NUMEROUS
                                          ROADS CLOSED 

1200 AM    MASON                     OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   WARREN                         FIFTY TRAILERS WERE
                                          EVACUATED AT THE SHADOW
                                          LAKE TRAILER PARK. SEVERAL
                                          PROPANE TANKS WERE ALSO
                                          FLOATING IN THE HIGH WATER 

1215 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/18/01   BUTLER                         TREES DOWN

1220 AM    5 S BATAVIA               OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/18/01   CLERMONT                       TREES DOWN

1220 AM    CINCINNATI                OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/18/01   HAMILTON                       LARGE LIMBS KNOCKED DOWN
                                          ON CARS AND ROADWAYS 

1229 AM    3 E OXFORD                OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   BUTLER                         STREAM OUT OF ITS BANKS.
                                          INTERSECTION OF STATE
                                          ROUTES 73 AND 177 CLOSED 

1230 AM    RICHMOND                  IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   WAYNE                          ROADS CLOSED 

1230 AM    COUNTYWIDE                IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   UNION                          SIX ROADS CLOSED INCLUDING
                                          ONE BRIDGE SUBMERGED 

0100 AM    SYMMES TOWNSHIP           OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   HAMILTON                       *** 1 DEAD ***
                                          VEHICLE WITH FOUR PEOPLE
                                          STRANDED IN HIGH WATER. ONE
                                          PERSON WAS SWEPT AWAY,
                                          OTHER THREE PEOPLE MADE IT
                                          SAFELY TO HIGHER GROUND 

0100 AM    5 E HAMILTON              OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   BUTLER                         5.75 INCHES OF RAIN OVER
                                          FOUR HOUR PERIOD REOPRTED
                                          BY SPOTTER 

0115 AM    FAIRFAX                   OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   HAMILTON                       *** 2 DEAD ***
                                          TWO PEOPLE DROWNED IN A
                                          FLOODED BASEMENT 

0200 AM    CONNERSVILLE              IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   FAYETTE                        MANY STREETS IN TOWN
                                          IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH
                                          WATER 

0230 AM    LAWRENCEBURG              IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   DEARBORN                       PORTION OF US ROUTE 50
                                          CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER 

0230 AM    BROOKVILLE                IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   FRANKLIN                       SEVERAL ROADS UNDER THREE
                                          TO FOUR FEET OF WATER 

0235 AM    FORT MITCHELL             KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   KENTON                         CARS UNDERWATER IN PARKING
                                          LOT OF HOTEL 

0237 AM    3 NE COLLEGE CORNER       OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   PREBLE                         TWENTY HOMES AND TRAILERS
                                          EVACUATED BETWEEN COLLEGE
                                          CORNER AND CAMDEN 

0240 AM    4 SW FLORENCE             KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   BOONE                          BASEMENTS FLOODED IN
                                          SEVERAL HOMES 

0300 AM    CALIFORNIA                KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   CAMPBELL                       CHURCH BASEMENT FLOODED IN
                                          TOWN 

0300 AM    AUGUSTA                   KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   BRACKEN                        HIGH WATER ON ROADWAYS IN
                                          TOWN. BRACKEN CREEK OUT OF
                                          ITS BANKS ON
                                          AUGUSTA-MINERVA ROAD 

0300 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   BROWN                          HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL
                                          ROADS. NUMEROUS ROADS
                                          CLOSED 

0315 AM    4 S PEEBLES               OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   ADAMS                          UNOCCUPIED TRUCK SWEPT
                                          AWAY 

0850 PM    CLEVES                    OH   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   HAMILTON                       2 ROADS CLOSED IN CLEVES.

0905 PM    COUNTYWIDE                IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   FRANKLIN                       U.S. RT 52 CLOSED
                                          THROUGHOUT COUNTY. 

1015 PM    VERSAILLES                IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   RIPLEY                         U.S. ROUTE 50 CLOSED EAST
                                          OF VERSAILLES. 

1030 PM    COUNTYWIDE                IN   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   DEARBORN                       WATER ON ROADS COUNTYWIDE.

1045 PM    BELLEVUE                  KY   FLASH FLOODS
07/18/01   CAMPBELL                       NUMEROUS FLOODED STREETS
                                          AND BASEMENTS IN BELLEVUE
                                          AND DAYTON. A FEW ROADS
                                          CLOSED ACROSS COUNTY
                                          INCLUDING RT 10. 

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