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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

128 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STARK COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT.



AT 125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY. 

THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE RAIN SHOULD BE OUT OF THE 

COUNTY BY 230 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT SOME SPOTS IN THE 

SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY COULD HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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