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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1155 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREAS OF...

SENECA...SANDUSKY...WOOD...HANCOCK...MORROW...LUCAS...OTTAWA...

WYANDOT...CRAWFORD AND MARION OVERNIGHT...



RADAR SHOWED THAT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD BROUGHT LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA HAD WEAKEND AND MOVED SOUTHEAST.  MORE 

STORMS WERE SHOWN ON RADAR HOWEVER...MOVING SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

MOVING SOUTH AND WILL REACH INTO NORTHWEST OHIO DURING THE OVERNIGHT 

HOURS.  WITH LOCAL STREAMS RUNNING HIGH AND THE GROUND SATURATED 

...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.





A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD 

QUICKLY RISE TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS. REMEMBER, A WATCH 

MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.

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