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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

205 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004



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



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM.



AT 158 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST 

OF MINERVA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 

25 MPH. THIS BATCH OF RAIN SHOULD BE OUT OF STARK COUNTY BY 230 AM.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRDS OF STARK 

COUNTY WITH WILMOT COMPLETELY UNDER WATER...FLOODING IN BEACH CITY 

AND A PERSON WAS STRANDED ON A BRIDGE IN BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP AND WILL 

HAVE TO BE RESCUED BY A BOAT. THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS FLOODING 

SITUATION EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED IN MOST PLACES. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 

THE COUNTY MAY HAVE RECEIVED 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. 

THE GROUND WAS VERY SATURATED BEFORE THIS RAIN MOVED IN.



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 MAY MOVE INTO STARK COUNTY AFTER 4AM. THIS MAY AGGRAVATE 

THE FLOODING SITUATION.

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KIELTYKA

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000 

WGUS71 KCLE 170606

FFSCLE

OHC151-170730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

205 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004



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



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM.



AT 158 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST 

OF MINERVA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 

25 MPH. THIS BATCH OF RAIN SHOULD BE OUT OF STARK COUNTY BY 230 AM.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRDS OF STARK 

COUNTY WITH WILMOT COMPLETELY UNDER WATER...FLOODING IN BEACH CITY 

AND A PERSON WAS STRANDED ON A BRIDGE IN BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP AND WILL 

HAVE TO BE RESCUED BY A BOAT. THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS FLOODING 

SITUATION EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED IN MOST PLACES. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 

THE COUNTY MAY HAVE RECEIVED 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. 

THE GROUND WAS VERY SATURATED BEFORE THIS RAIN MOVED IN.



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 MAY MOVE INTO STARK COUNTY AFTER 4AM. THIS MAY AGGRAVATE 

THE FLOODING SITUATION.

$$



KIELTYKA

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