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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1116 PM EST TUE JAN 30 2001



SOME NUISANCE FLOODING MAY OCCUR NEAR THE CHAGRIN RIVER OVERNIGHT 

TONIGHT BECAUSE OF ICE JAMS.



THE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS AND SOME 

LIGHT 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 OVERNIGHT.



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

AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY.



AN ICE JAM DEVELOPED ON THE CHAGRIN RIVER EARLIER THIS EVENING IN 

WILLOUGHBY HILLS AND PROMPTED THE EVACUATION OF APPROXIMATELY 30 

PEOPLE.  THE ICE JAM BROKE AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND WATER LEVELS 

QUICKLY RECEDED ALLOWING RESIDENTS BACK INTO THEIR HOMES.

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