000 WGUS41 KCLE 292220 FLWCLE OHC043-077-300600- ISSUANCE NUMBER 1 RIVER FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND, OH 518 PM EST FRI MAR 29 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS A ISSUED FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HURON RIVER. AT 5 PM THE HURON RIVER AT MILAN WAS AT 13.2 FEET AND THE FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET. THE RIVER WILL BEGIN FLOODING THIS EVENING AND SHOULD RISE TO AROUND 17 FEET BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FLOODING IN LAGOON COMMUNITIES WILL OCCUR FROM MILAN TO NEAR HURON...RESULTING IN COTTAGES AND HOMES BEING COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS. THIS FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY SNOW MELT AND SOME RAIN THAT WILL FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$ BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND CREST FORECASTS: FLD OBSERVED CREST BELOW FLD STG LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME STG DAY TIME DAY TIME HURON RIVER MILAN 14 13.2 FRI 05 PM 17.0 SAT 2 AM DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. $$ KIELTYKA