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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

632 PM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...FLOOD WATERS IN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES SHOULD GRADUALLY 

RECEDE TONIGHT...



FLOODING CONDITIONS CONTINUE FOR MANY OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS IN 

ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES.



WATER LEVELS IN THE CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD RECEDE DURING THE 

NIGHT WITH MANY OF THE STREAMS RETURNING BACK WITHIN THEIR BANKS.  

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...ARE 

POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND WOULD ONLY ACT TO WORSEN THE SITUATION.



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.



DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS 

OR STREAMS.

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