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OHC151-060145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

648 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 645 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG 

THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST STARK COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  LOUISVILLE

  NORTH CANTON

  MINERVA



THE HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY HAS BEEN ISOLATED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS 

FROM UNIONTOWN THROUGH THE LOUISVILLE AREA TO NEAR MINERVA. 



PUBLIC REPORTED SOME STREAMS COMING OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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.



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