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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

840 AM EDT SAT SEP 17 2005



OHC093-171500-

LORAIN OH-

840 AM EDT SAT SEP 17 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR LORAIN 

COUNTY...



AT 833 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ON MILLERS RUN IN THE 

NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY OF LORAIN. WATER IS ALSO ON STREETS AND 

IN HOMES NEAR MILLERS RUN. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS GENERALLY ENDED 

ACROSS THE REGION...EXPECT FLOODING IN THIS AREA TO CONTINUE. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1.5 TO 2.5 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THIS AREA SINCE 5 AM.



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 THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU 

THINK. 



LAT...LON 4153 8200 4138 8205 4132 8228 4149 8230



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