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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1150 AM EDT WED JUL 12 2006



OHC095-121945-

LUCAS OH-

1150 AM EDT WED JUL 12 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR 

LUCAS COUNTY...



AT 1145 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED SEVERAL ROADWAYS WERE FLOODED 

IN WESTERN TOLEDO AND SYLVANIA... WITH SEVERAL CARS STRANDED IN THE 

HIGH WATER.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 1.5 TO 

2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 8 AM ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

LUCAS COUNTY.  AT 1145 AM MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS 

LUCAS COUNTY... WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 PM.



FLOODING ALONG DITCHES AND STREAMS IN THE WESTERN TOLEDO METRO AREA 

ARE LIKELY.  RISES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG DITCHES 

AND CREEKS IN RURAL PORTIONS OF LUCAS COUNTY WEST OF THE MAUMEE 

RIVER. 



IF YOU ARE DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON... BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS.  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW 

LYING HIGHWAYS... STREETS... AND UNDERPASSES.  MOST FLOOD RELATED 

DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  NEVER DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY. 

TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 4170 8385 4150 8386 4164 8343 4176 8344



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