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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

626 AM EDT SAT JUL 31 2004



AT 625 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS ERIE COUNTY. 

THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  

OVERNIGHT...RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 1 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS CONFINED TO THE WESTERN 

THIRD.  RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE COUNTY THROUGH 9AM AND 

ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.



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.



DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES, STORM SEWERS OR

STREAMS.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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