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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1100 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2002



...MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE IN ERIE...CRAWFORD AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES

OVERNIGHT...



ANOTHER HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAS LEAD TO WATER BACKING UP ON

ROADWAYS.  ALREADY THIS EVENING JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF ERIE IN

SUMMIT TOWNSHIP...WATER WAS REPORTED OVER A ROADWAY.



UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS

OVERNIGHT BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF.  THIS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL

RISES IN SMALL STREAMS ALONG WITH MINOR FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS.



MOTORISTS WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION IF THEY ENCOUNTER ANY WATER ON

ROADS AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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