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OHC077-093-271815-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

125 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002



...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM...

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



AT 120 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVY RAINFALL NOW 

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

BY RADAR IS 3 TO 3.5 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4.0 INCHES 

LIKELY.



WHILE NO FLOODING HAS YET BEEN REPORTED...FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE 

AND LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS HURON AND LORAIN COUNTIES REMAINS 

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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TK

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