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WGUS71 KCLE 080041

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OHC033-080130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

835 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2003





THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CRAWFORD COUNTY FROM 530PM UNTIL 830PM 

WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR BUCYRUS.  WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF 

ROADS AND STREAMS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE BUCYRUS AREA DUE TO THE 

RAIN WHICH RESULTED IN THE CLOSURE OF A COUPLE ROADS IN TOWN.



AT 830 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LAST IN A LINE 

OF SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS NOW EXITING SOUTHEAST PORTION THE COUNTY.  

WHILE FLOODING IS LIKELY STILL OCCURRING IN PLACES...THE BREAK IN 

THE RAIN WILL ALLOW THE WATERS TO RECEDE. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WHICH COULD 

ALLOW FOR MORE FLOODING TO DEVELOP. 



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.



$$

TK

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