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WGUS71 KCLE 220102

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OHC083-101-117-139-220200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

900 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RICHLAND...MARION..MORROW 

AND KNOX COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 6 AM...



THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. SOME 

STANDING WATER WAS BEING REPORTED. A COUPLE OF ROADS WERE STILL 

REPORTED CLOSED IN LORAIN COUNTY BUT NEW FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 

IN THE LAST HOUR.



THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SINCE 

THE GROUND IS SATURATED ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING. 

RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT.

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