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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

246 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001



TORRENTIAL RAINS EXPECTED ACROSS GREATER CLEVELAND EAST INTO GEAUGA 

COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM.



A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAY VILLAGE EAST THROUGH 

CLEVELAND TO NORTH OF CHARDON AT 250 PM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AND 

TRACK ACROSS NEARLY THE SAME AREA THROUGH 5 PM.  VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN 

BE EXPECTED WITH MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES.



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY.  FLOODING OF LOW-LYING 

INTERSECTIONS AND UNDERPASSES IS EXPECTED.  VERY LOW VISIBILITY WILL 

INHIBIT DRIVING AND STANDING WATER OF ROADWAYS WILL INCREASE THE 

THREAT OF HYDRO-PLANING.





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