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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

603 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



OHC093-162345-

LORAIN OH-

603 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



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

COUNTY...



FLOODING CONTINUES ON MANY STREETS AND UNDERPASSES IN THE LORAIN AND 

ELYRIA AREAS. SEVERAL FEET OF WATER ARE ON VARIOUS ROADWAYS IN THE 

LORAIN AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS IS 

A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED 

LORAIN...ELYRIA...AVON LAKE.



AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY. RADAR 

INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE 

STORMS. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND 

WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING.



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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