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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1215 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2002



SOME FLOODING OF ROADS...STREAMS AND TRIBUATARIES WILL OCCUR ACROSS

MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON.



SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON.

RAINFALL DURING THE MORNING WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND

THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. RAINFALL FOR THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE

UNDER HALF AN INCH.



SOME FLOODING OF DITCHES...FIELDS AND ESPECIALLY LOW LYING AREAS ON

ROADS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS.

SOME BASEMENTS COULD EVEN GET WATER IN THEM BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED

SOIL.



MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION IF THEY ENCOUNTER HIGH

WATER ON ROADS AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. THOSE

LIVING NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

HIGH WATER.

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