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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1137 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2001



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

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

WYANDOT...CRAWFORD AND MARION UNTIL 330 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...



NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. MORNING RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE 

GENERALLY RANGED FROM A QUARTER TO ONE INCH. HEAVY RAIN OF ONE TO 

TWO INCHES IS LIKELY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON FROM HURON SOUTHWARD 

THROUGH FINDLAY...MARION AND MOUNT GILEAD.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



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