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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
245 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN OHIO COUNTIES OF 
ASHTABULA...LAKE...LUCAS...GEAUGA...CUYAHOGA...OTTAWA...WOOD...
LORAIN...SANDUSKY...TRUMBULL...ERIE...SUMMIT...PORTAGE...HURON...
MEDINA...SENECA...HANCOCK...MAHONING...ASHLAND...CRAWFORD...
RICHLAND...WAYNE...WYANDOT...STARK...MORROW...MARION...HOLMES...AND 
KNOX. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES ARE UNDER 
THE FLOOD WATCH. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SUNDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OHIO AND A GOOD PART OF 
INDIANA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND INTO THE WATCH 
AREA EARLY THIS SUNDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE 
WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. FORTUNATELY THE STORMS ARE MOVING FAIRLY 
RAPIDLY AND WOULD NOT LIKELY CAUSE AS MUCH RAIN TO FALL IN ANY 
PARTICULAR AREA AS A SLOWER STORM MIGHT. 

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS  
MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. DRIER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE 
FRONT INTO THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MORE SHOWERS ARE LIKELY 
HOWEVER TONIGHT...BUT RAINFALL WITH THESE SHOWERS IS NOT LIKELY TO 
BE TOO HEAVY. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND 
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN 
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR 
IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

SOME OF THE LARGE RIVERS IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ARE 
ALREADY IN FLOOD. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD EXACERBATE 
THE FLOOD SITUATION ON THESE RIVERS.
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