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WGUS71 KCLE 271403

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OHC033-101-139-147-175-271600-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1000 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING...



AT 945 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND GROUND TRUTH REPORTS INDICATED A 

SWATH OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING INTO MARION COUNTY AND EXTENDING 

INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY...SOUTHEAST WYANDOT AND NORTHERN RICHLAND 

COUNTIES FROM THE SOUTHWEST.  



SINCE MIDNIGHT AS MUCH AS 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS MUCH OF MARION COUNTY WITH 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES.  PORTIONS OF WYANDOT COUNTY 

HAVE ALSO RECEIVED AROUND 2 INCHES.  



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE 

REGION WITH ANOTHER 1.5 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA WITH AN 

ESTIMATED TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES.  THIS COULD RESULT IN 

FLOODING OF RIVERS STREAMS AND DITCHES...LOW LYING AREAS...AND 

ROADWAYS ACROSS THE AREA.



RESIDENTS LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS OR NEAR STREAMS NEED TO REMAIN 

ALERT TO WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



ALSO MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THE WATER 

MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.



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TK

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