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WGUS71 KCLE 080433

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OHC139-080615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1230 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2003



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RICHLAND COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS 

THE SOUTHERN HALF OF RICHLAND COUNTY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH THE 

HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR LEXINGTON. 



WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREAMS HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE 

SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY EARLIER IN THE EVENING BUT WITH THE 

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS NOW OUT OF THE AREA...THE WATER HAS BEGUN TO 

RECEDE.  



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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