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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

429 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY TIL 515 PM EDT.



AT 425 PM EDT A BAND OF TORRENTIAL RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH

OLMSTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CLEVELAND TO CHAGRIN FALLS.

THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AND BEGINNING TO

DECREASE IN INTENSITY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON SOME LOCATIONS

IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY MAY HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN.



WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF

CLEVELAND ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS UNDER BRIDGES. MANY OTHER

SUBURBS IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY ALSO REPORTED SOME STREET AND BASEMENT

FLOODING.



MANY CARS WERE STALLED IN THE DEEP WATER AND SOME CARS WERE EVEN

FLOATING IN LOW SPOTS. AROUND 430 PM WATER WAS UP TO WINDSHIELDS ON

CARS NEAR INTERSTATE 71 AND FULTON IN CLEVELAND.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AS THE WATER MAY

BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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