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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

835 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006



OHC005-139-130245-

ASHLAND OH-RICHLAND OH-

835 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTIES...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS WITH WATER ON 

THEM ACROSS SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES. 



THE ASHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ACROSS 

SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY INCLUDING ROUTE 60. A BRIDGE HAD BEEN 

WASHED OUT THIS EVENING ON COUNTY ROAD 2075 IN SOUTHERN ASHLAND 

COUNTY. 



THE RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS STILL CLOSED IN 

ONTARIO AND MANSFIELD ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS WERE RECEDING. A 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED ABOUT 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN ONTARIO IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. IT 

IS POSSIBLE THAT COUNTY ROADS MAY BE CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN RICHLAND 

COUNTY FROM HIGH WATER EARLY TONIGHT.



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHIFTING SOUTH OF RICHLAND 

AND ASHLAND COUNTIES BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING 

AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR EARLY TONIGHT. THIS MAY KEEP WATER LEVELS 

HIGH ACROSS SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING 

FARMLAND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4080 8214 4073 8215 4068 8217 4067 8222

      4058 8223 4057 8262 4066 8264 4070 8262

      4072 8266 4081 8272



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