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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

348 PM EDT MON JUL 29 2002



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WILL EXIT THE AREA BY 5 PM.



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER ERIE AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES

WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.  RAINFALL RATES IN

EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS

THIS AFTERNOON.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN

IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS EXIT THE AREA BY 5 PM.



TODAYS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL LAST NIGHT

WILL LEAD TO STREET AND LOWLAND FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THE WATER MAY BE

DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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