Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Wilmington, OH

OHZ006-007-009-011-311300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  COLUMBUS OH
438 AM EST MON DEC 31 1990

SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO EARLY THIS
MORNING.

AT 430 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW PATCHES OF
LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO.  A MIXTURE
OF LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WAS FALLING AT PORT COLUMBUS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 430 AM.

TEMPERATURES HAVE NOW FALLEN WELL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
ANY WATER REMAINING ON ROADS FROM THE RAINFALL YESTERDAY WILL BEGIN
TO FREEZE CREATING ICY SPOTS ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES...AND A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR
DRIZZLE...WILL ADD TO THE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS EARLY THIS
MORNING.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS AND BE ALERT FOR
PATCHES OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...IiNTO THE
MORNING RUSH HOUR.

THE LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL END LATER THIS MORNING.  NO SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

GERARD

OHZ006-007-009-011-311400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  COLUMBUS OH
545 AM EST MON DEC 31 1990

THE SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL THE COUNTIES OF
CENTRAL OHIO AND HOCKING AND VINTON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
AND ATHENS AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

REPORTS FROM AROUND THE REGION THIS MORNING INDICATED THAT MOST
SMALL STREAMS ARE RECEDING.  MOST STREAMS ARE NOW WITHIN THEIR
BANKS AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE TODAY.

ALTHOUGH THE SMALL STREAMS ARE RECEDING...MANY ROADS WERE STILL
IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
WATER ON ROADWAYS TODAY.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED
ROADS.  ALSO...SOME MAJOR RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA WERE STILL IN FLOOD.

ANOTHER DEVELOPING PROBLEM THIS MORNING WAS A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND
FREEZING RAIN.  AT 540 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED
THAT AN AREA OF SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN...CONTINUED
TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO.  THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS OVER
UNION...DELAWARE...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT MANY ROADS THROUGHOUT
CENTRAL OHIO ARE BECOMING ICY...ESPECIALLY IN THE COLUMBUS AREA AND
THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBUS.  SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING
RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS CAUSING ROAD CONDITIONS TO WORSEN FURTHER.

ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OR SNOW ARE EXPECTED...
RUSH HOUR MOTORISTS THIS MORNING SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ICY PATCHES ON
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.  ALLOW
EXTRA TRAVEL TIME.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

GERARD