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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1100 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001





...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST 

PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS MORNING...



RAINFALL WHICH STARTED LATE LAST NIGHT CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF 

NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH LATE MORNING.  

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS RANGED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE 

AREA THROUGH 1030AM.  HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS INDICATED ACROSS 

NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE 

NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  



NO MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THESE AREAS 

THIS MORNING ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SCATTERED REPORTS OF STANDING WATER 

OR MINOR FLOODING ACROSS ROADWAYS IN LOWER LYING AREAS DURING 

HEAVIER DOWNPOURS.  ALSO CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA WERE RISING 

TOWARD BANKFULL.



HEAVIER RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OHIO INTO 

CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA INTO EARLY AFTERNOON 

ALTHOUGH DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH WILL ALLOW 

THE RAIN TO END FROM THE NORTH BEGINNING AROUND NOON.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND THIS MORNING 

AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF 

STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS.



ALSO RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR 

THE POSSIBILITY OF A RAPID RISE IN WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO 

SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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TK

CORRECTED TIME

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