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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

510 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



OHC093-162345-

LORAIN OH-

510 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN

LORAIN COUNTY...



AT 505 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

SEVERAL ROADS AND UNDERPASSES IN THE LORAIN AND ELYRIA AREAS WERE 

UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION DO 

NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH AREAS OF HIGH WATER...THE DEPTH MAY BE 

DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LORAIN...ELYRIA AND AVON LAKE.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ADDITIONAL 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY REACH THE AREA BY 700 PM...CAUSING 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4150 8198 4151 8197 4141 8198 4130 8234

      4143 8234 4144 8228 4143 8226 4148 8219

      4152 8203 4152 8200



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