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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1059 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002



SOME MINOR STREET AND STREAM FLOODING WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN 

OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 

OF SATURDAY. 



A COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND THE RAIN 

TODAY HAS CAUSED HIGH WATERS ON SOME ROADS. BESIDES THE HIGH WATER 

ON THE ROADS SOME STREAMS COULD REACH BANK-FULL OR EVEN FLOOD FOR A 

TIME. MANY DITCHES ARE FULL AND SOME ARE OVERFLOWING AND SOME 

BASEMENTS MAY EVEN FLOOD.



THE RAIN HAD ENDED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND WILL END OVER EXTREME 

NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BY MIDNIGHT. MOST 

LOCATIONS RECEIVED LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN.



MOTORISTS WILL HAVE TO USE CAUTION AS THEY MAY ENCOUNTER HIGH WATER 

ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. 



SOME BASEMENT FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF LORAIN THIS 

EVENING WITH PART OF THE BLACK RIVER BANKFULL. A STREAM NEAR FREMONT 

WAS IN FLOOD AND MANY ROADS IN SANDUSKY COUNTY HAD HIGH WATER.

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