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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

938 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007



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ASHLAND OH-

938 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY...



AT 936 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. MANY STATE ROUTE 

AND U.S. ROUTES ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT. UP TO 

AN ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

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

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4093 8232 4094 8232 4106 8232 4106 8217

      4099 8218 4099 8217 4099 8213 4090 8213

      4090 8213 4090 8232



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