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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

728 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FOR MERCER AND 

AUGLAIZE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...



THE HEAVY RAINS THAT PROMPTED THE FLOOD WARNINGS HAS MOVED SOUTH OF 

THE AREA.  THEREFORE THE WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRED. ANY 

REMAINING HIGH WATER AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE QUICKLY.  IF YOU 

ENCOUNTER ANY HIGH WATER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH IT.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 

4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG THE MERCER...AUGLAIZE COUNTY LINE NEAR 

GRAND LAKE SAINT MARYS...BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM.



FLOOD REPORTS FROM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAD...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...AND THERE WAS STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED ON MANY 

ROADS IN SAINT MARYS.  MOST OF THE HIGH WATER HAS RECEDED.



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

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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