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WGUS71 KCLE 271658

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OHC033-101-139-271745-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1250 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002



...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3PM...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THROUGH 8PM...



AT 1245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVY RAINFALL NOW 

BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA.  STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ESTIMATED 

BY RADAR IS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF OVER 4 

INCHES LIKELY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA REPORT SOME FLOODING OF RT 95 WEST OF 

MARION.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS 

AND ACROSS MARION...CRAWFORD AND RICHLAND COUNTIES IS LIKELY AS 

WELL. 



WHILE THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS STILL 

POSSIBLE AS RUNOFF CONTINUES TO SWELL STREAMS AND DITCHES.



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.



ALSO MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THE WATER 

MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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