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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1245 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007



OHC043-093-022015-

LORAIN OH-ERIE OH-

1245 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ICE JAMS ON THE HURON AND VERMILION 

RIVERS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EST FOR ERIE AND WEST CENTRAL 

LORAIN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...



AT 1245 PM EST...SEVERE ICE JAM FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE 

VERMILION AND HURON RIVERS.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE 

ORDERED VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS OF THE VERMILION LAGOON AT THE MOUTH 

OF THE VERMILION RIVER... AND IN FRANKLIN FLATS AND THE HURON LAGOON 

AT THE MOUTH OF THE HURON RIVER. 



RAPID RISES AND FALLS IN WATER LEVEL CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR BOTH ICE 

JAM LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON.  IF YOU LIVE NEAR THESE RIVERS... BE 

PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY.  



THE RIVER GAGE AT THE HURON RIVER AT MILAN CRESTED AT 20.3 FEET THIS 

MORNING... AND IS NOW STARTING A SLOW FALL.  THE RIVER STAGE AS OF 

12 PM WAS 20.1 FEET.  SEVERE FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL 

THE ICE JAM ON THE HURON RIVER BREAKS... OR UNTIL WATER LEVELS AT 

THE MILAN GAGE FALL SIGNIFICANTLY.  



THE RIVER GAGE ON THE VERMILION RIVER AT MILL HOLLOW PARK HAS BEEN 

FLUCTUATING NEAR 9 FEET THIS MORNING.  FLOW ON THE VERMILION RIVER 

IS EXPECTED TO RISE SLIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING A SLOW 

FALL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.  SEVERE FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE IN VERMILION UNTIL THE ICE JAM BREAKS... OR UNTIL WATER 

LEVELS AT MILL HOLLOW PARK FALL SIGNIFICANTLY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS THAT ARE CLOSED... OR WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH ICE JAMS IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT...AND

CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY. FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH ICE JAMS IS 

OFTEN MOST SEVERE IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM OF THE JAM LOCATION. OBEY ALL 

EVACUATION ORDERS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.



LAT...LON 4148 8274 4129 8276 4129 8224 4150 8224



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