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WGUS71 KCLE 220355

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OHC103-133-153-155-PAC039-220445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1146 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MEDINA...SUMMIT...PORTAGE 

AND TRUMBULL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OHIO AND CRAWFORD COUNTY IN 

NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.



THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST 

PENNSYLVANIA BUT FLOODING CONTINUED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON MONDAY THE 

21ST AVERAGED 3 TO 5 INCHES IN MANY AREAS. 



ROADS WERE STILL BEING CLOSED IN MANY COMMUNITIES. A FEW BRIDGES 

WERE CLOSED OR WASHED OUT.



A TRAILER PARK IN NILES IN TRUMBULL COUNTY WAS EVACUATED DUE TO 

FLOOD WATERS. SOME MOBILE HOMES WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOATING. 

EVACUATION CENTERS WERE BEING OPENED IN HUDSON AND BATH IN SUMMIT 

COUNTY TO HOUSE RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY FLOOD WATERS.



THE FLOOD WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT INTO THE EARLY MORNING 

HOURS. RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR WATERWAYS 

SHOULD EVACUATE IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH 

FLOODED ROADS.

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