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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

504 PM EST TUE JAN 30 2001



SOME NUISANCE FLOODING MAY OCCUR NEAR THE CHAGRIN RIVER THROUGH

TONIGHT BECAUSE OF ICE JAMS.



THE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS AND SOME

RAIN WAS CAUSING SOME ICE JAMS ON THE CHAGRIN. SOME BACKYARDS

HAD STANDING WATER DUE TO THE WATER BACKING UP BEHIND THE ICE JAMS.

THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE

FREEZING AND RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO

THE CHAGRIN.



NUISANCE FLOODING FROM ICE JAMS MAY OCCUR ON OTHER RIVERS ACROSS

NORTHEAST OHIO THROUGH TONIGHT.



PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIVERS PRONE TO ICE JAM FLOODING SHOULD REMAIN ALERT

AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY.

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