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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

705 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



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CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-ASHTABULA OH-

705 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR

ASHTABULA...LAKE...NORTHERN GEAUGA AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...



AT 658 PM EDT...NUMEROUS ROADS IN NORTHERN GEAUGA...NORTHERN 

ASHTABULA AND LAKE COUNTIES WERE REPORTED FLOODED EARLIER THIS 

EVENING.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BUT LIGHT 

RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE

RAINFALL WILL END BY 8 PM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLOUGHBY...

SOLON...PERRY...PAINESVILLE...NORTH KINGSVILLE...MENTOR...MADISON...

JEFFERSON...GENEVA...EUCLID...EASTLAKE...CONNEAUT...CLEVELAND

HEIGHTS...CLEVELAND...CHESTERLAND...CHARDON AND ASHTABULA



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4199 8052 4169 8054 4145 8137 4136 8138

      4134 8143 4135 8158 4127 8155 4127 8162

      4150 8180 4151 8170 4162 8150 4171 8139

      4187 8099

TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 180DEG 0KT 4138 8177



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