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OHC033-175-091015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1019 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003



...ANY REMAINING FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RECEDE 

OVERNIGHT ACROSS CRAWFORD AND WYANDOT COUNTIES...



RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES LOCALLY EARLY THIS EVENING PRODUCED FLOODING 

IN PARTS OF CRAWFORD AND WYANDOT COUNTIES AFFECTING ROADWAYS AND 

LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS SMALL STREAMS.



EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL BE ON AND OFF SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE BRIEF 

THUNDERSTORM THE REST OF TONIGHT...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT ENOUGH SO THAT NO MAJOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

OCCURS.  THE SMALL STREAMS THAT SAW MINOR FLOODING THIS EVENING WILL 

TEND TO GRADUALLY RECEDE OVERNIGHT AS THE WATER FLOWS INTO LARGER 

RIVERS...LEADING TO RISES IN WATER LEVELS ON THE RIVERS.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FUTURE 

STATEMENTS.

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