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000 

WGUS51 KCLE 221547

FFWCLE

OHC133-153-155-169-221945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1144 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT



* RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER 

THE WOOSTER TO YOUNGSTOWN REGION LATE THIS MORNING.  RAINFALL RATES 

ARE GRADUALLY INCREASING TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  HEAVY RAIN 

WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND FLASH 

FLOODING IS LIKELY.  RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAM 

AND CREEKS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  AKRON

  BARBERTON

  KENT

  NEWTON FALLS

  ORRVILLE

  RAVENNA

  STREETSBORO

  TALLMADGE

  WARREN

  NILES



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



$$

KUBINA

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000 

WGUS51 KCLE 221547

FFWCLE

OHC133-153-155-169-221945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1144 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT



* RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFYING OVER 

THE WOOSTER TO YOUNGSTOWN REGION LATE THIS MORNING.  RAINFALL RATES 

ARE GRADUALLY INCREASING TO 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  HEAVY RAIN 

WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND FLASH 

FLOODING IS LIKELY.  RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAM 

AND CREEKS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  AKRON

  BARBERTON

  KENT

  NEWTON FALLS

  ORRVILLE

  RAVENNA

  STREETSBORO

  TALLMADGE

  WARREN

  NILES



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



$$

KUBINA

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