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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

145 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002



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



AT 140 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO AND ERIE 

COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.



RADAR ESTIMATES AND GROUND TRUTH REPORTS SHOWED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 

INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE BEGINNING LAST NIGHT.  ANOTHER 

HALF (1/2) TO 1 INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE 

TAPERING OFF BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM.



THIS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL 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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