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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

626 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2003



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED LOCALLIZED FLOODING IN PLACES ACROSS 

CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO.



AT 625 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXITING THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY WITH 

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM MOVING IN FROM THE WEST.  



REPORTS FROM BUCYRUS INDICATED SOME LOCALLIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS 

DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH THE FIRST STORM.  IN ADDITION...RADAR 

ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN PLACES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 

THIRD OF THE COUNTY SINCE 530PM.  THIS...COMBINED WITH THE RAINFALL 

FROM THE SECOND STORM MOVING ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION COULD CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF ROADS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY.



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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