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WGUS71 KCLE 170539

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OHC075-170730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

131 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004



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



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



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE 

COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE 

RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS.



REPORTS OF ROADS WASHED OUT AND POWER POLES KNOCKED DOWN BY THE HIGH 

WATER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE FRYBURG AREA...NORTHEAST OF 

MILLERSBURG. 



EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE ENDED THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

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.



MORE RAIN COULD MOVE INTO HOLMES COUNTY AFTER 3AM EDT. THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD SITUATION.

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