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WGUS71 KCLE 271430

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OHC077-093-271615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1025 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002



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



AT 1015 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND GROUND TRUTH REPORTS INDICATED 

A SWATH OF HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING INTO SOUTHEAST HURON COUNTY AND 

THEN ACROSS MUCH OF LORAIN COUNTY FROM KIPTON ACROSS OBERLIN TO AVON.



IN THE PAST THREE HOURS ENDING AT 1015 AM RADAR ESTMATED FROM 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH THE MOST ACROSS NORTHEAST LORAIN 

COUNTY NEAR AVON.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE 

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

AN ESTIMATED TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES.  THIS COULD 

RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS STREAMS AND DITCHES...LOW LYING 

AREAS...AND ROADWAYS ACROSS THE AREA WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR.



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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