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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1227 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HOLMES COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM 

THURSDAY.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT.



AT 1227 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER WALNUT

CREEK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF MILLERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

25 MPH. THE RAIN SHOULD MOVE OUT OF HOLMES COUNTY BY 115 AM.



TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AN HOUR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERLIN.

SUGAR CREEK ALSO HAD ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT 60 OR 90 

MINUTES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE LOCAL 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 FLOODING.



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