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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

630 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS REMAINS IN EFFECT 

FOR MERCER AND AUGLAIZE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT BETWEEN 3 

AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...ALONG THE 

MERCER...AUGLAIZE COUNTY LINE NEAR GRAND LAKE SAINT MARYS.



A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SKYWARN SPOTTER....REPORTED SIX INCHES OF 

WATER ON STATE ROUTE 707 NORTH IN MENDON IN MERCER COUNTY.  IN 

ADDITION...WATER COVERED DEEP CUT ROAD JUST NORTH OF SAINT MARYS IN 

AUGLAIZE COUNTY.  IN ADDITION...STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED ON MANY 

ROADS IN SAINT MARYS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY 

AND THE ROAD BENEATH MAY NOT BE INTACT.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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