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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

520 PM EDT SUN SEP 15 2002



AT 515 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND CONTINUED TO SHOW 

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF ASHTABULA COUNTY 

IN NORTHEAST OHIO AND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST 

PENNSYLVANIA.



WHILE NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS EXPECTED...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF 

STREAMS AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES COULD OCCUR INTO THE 

EARLY EVENING AS THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. 



IN ADDITION...PORTIONS OF THE LAKESHORE IN NORTHEAST ASHTABULA 

COUNTY AND MUCH OF THE ERIE COUNTY LAKESHORE HAVE ALREADY SEEN HEAVY 

RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WHERE AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.  

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THERE COULD ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.



THE RAIN WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING AS DRIER AIR 

MOVES IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH AN AREA THAT IS FLOODED AS THE WATER 

MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.



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TK

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