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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

559 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005



OHC035-093-202230-

LORAIN OH-CUYAHOGA OH-

559 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR CUYAHOGA AND

LORAIN COUNTIES...



AT 551 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS IN VERMILION IN NORTHWEST 

LORAIN COUNTY REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH THUNDERSTORMS. THESE 

STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN 

LORAIN COUNTY. THIS IS THE SAME AREA WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED 

EARLIER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD 

THREAT OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY. 



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER CUYAHOGA COUNTY. HIGH WATER IS 

STILL LIKELY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS OVER LORAIN COUNTY MOVE EAST 

BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4167 8147 4143 8154 4116 8231 4145 8234



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