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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1222 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST 

OHIO THROUGH 2PM...



AT 1220 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED MODERATE TO 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN KNOX COUNTY 

...NORTHEAST ACROSS HOLMES AND STARK COUNTIES INTO MAHONING COUNTY. 



THE AREA OF RAIN WILL BE MOVING OUT OF KNOX COUNTY AFTER 1245 PM AND 

THE RAIN WILL TAPER ACROSS HOLMES COUNTY AFTER 1PM. ADDITIONAL RAIN 

HOWEVER IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST AFTER 1PM. 



STARK AND MAHONING COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MODERATE TO LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 130 PM WITH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 1 

TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER 2PM.



SO FAR THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OCCURRED IN SOUTHEAST KNOX 

COUNTY FROM 9 AM THROUGH NOON WITH BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES ESTIMATED 

BY RADAR.  ALTHOUGH NO MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...MINOR 

FLOODING OF ROADS AND SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA IS 

LIKELY.   



IN SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WATER...MOTORISTS 

ARE REMINDED TO USE CAUTION AND AVOID DRIVING WHERE WATER IS FLOWING 

OVER THE ROAD...BECAUSE THE ROAD MAY NOT BE THERE



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