A CRJ200 ON VISUAL APCH TO CVG GOT A GPWS WARNING WHEN THEIR RATE OF DSCNT WAS TOO HIGH FOR THEIR ALT.

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ON THE CINCE 5 ARR; WE APCHED THE ARPT ON A R DOWNWIND. THE FO AND I COMMENTED THAT THEY WERE BRINGING US VERY CLOSE TO THE RWY. AS WE CAME UP ON THE ARPT; FINAL HAD US TURN TO A HDG OF 170 DES AND ASKED US IF WE HAD THE FIELD. WE SAID WE DID AND WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL SHORT APCH TO RWY 36R. AT THAT POINT; BEING HIGH I SLOWED DOWN AND ASKED FOR FLAPS TO 8 DEGS AND THEN 20 DEGS; BROUGHT THE SPOILERS OUT AND INCREASED THE RATE OF DSCNT TO GET DOWN. WHEN I FELT WE WERE IN A SAFE DISTANCE TO TURN BASE I STARTED TURNING AND NOTICED THAT THE WINDS WERE PUSHING US TOWARD THE FINAL. WE WERE STILL HIGH SO I INCREASED THE RATE OF DSCNT. WITH SPD BELOW 180 KTS; I ASKED FOR FLAPS TO 30 DEGS (AT THAT POINT NOT REALIZING THE SPOILERS WERE STILL OUT) AND CONTINUED THE TURN TO FINAL. BECAUSE THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE E; WE ROLLED PAST FINAL AND HAD TO COME BACK R TO INTERCEPT THE FINAL APCH COURSE. I THEN NOTICED THAT THE SPD WAS SLOWING TOO MUCH AND ADDED PWR. THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED THE SPOILERS WERE STILL OUT. I RETRACTED THE SPOILERS. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE FO WARNED ME ABOUT THE EXCESSIVE RATE OF DSCNT; THEN THE GND PROX WENT OFF. I LEVELED OFF; ASKED FOR THE GEAR DOWN AND FOR FLAPS TO 45 DEGS AND INTERCEPTED FINAL AT ABOUT 3 MI OUT AND MADE A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG.