Flash Flood Warning 116, NWS Cleveland, OH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EARLY MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
430 AM EST SUN DEC 30 1990

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE MUCH OF WESTERN OHIO FOR THIS
MORNING AND THE REST OF THE STATE TODAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES TODAY
AND THE NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL PORTIONS THIS AFTEROON AS RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.

A COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING WAS THE
CAUSE OF THE RAIN. RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON
ACROSS THE STATE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 4 AM. ARCHBOLD WEST OF
TOLEDO HAD OVER 4 INCHES /4.33/.

MANY URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED OVER THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE DURING THE NIGHT. MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS
ARE OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS AND WATER OVER ROADS ARE COMMON. RIVER FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO.

THE HEAVY RAIN WAS SHIFTING SOUTH AND HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE TODAY AND FLOODING MAY OCCUR.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE FLOOD
POTENTIAL AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF FLOODING OCCURS. MOTORISTS
WILL ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS.

AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO OHIO TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY AT
FIRST... READINGS WILL BE IN THE 20S AND 30S BY EVENING. EARLY THIS
MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 50S AND 60S EXCEPT IN THE 30S IN THE
NORTHWEST.

THE RAIN WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN OVER WESTERN COUNTIES THIS MORNING
AND THE NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL PORTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND THE REST
OF THE STATE BY EVENING. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND ICE WILL
ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWERLINES. PEOPLE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF
OHIO WILL HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR SOME DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING
WEATHER.

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW
ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3 INCHES.

THE ENTIRE STATE WILL HAVE SOME SNOW TONIGHT... WITH THE SNOW ENDING
FROM THE WEST. THERE COULD BE SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IN THE EAST
THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOWED.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN FOR MONDAY CAUSING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND
HIGHS IN THE 20S.

ON THE MORNING WEATHER MAP A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM ONTARIO ACROSS
OHIO TO EAST TEXAS. LOW PRESSURE WAS NEAR LONDON ONTARIO AND ANOTHER
LOW WAS NEAR ARKANSAS. THE LOWS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST. THE FRONT WILL
MOVE EAST OF THE STATE BY EARLY $TONIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE THAT WAS OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDWEST
TONIGHT AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION TOMORROW.

KIELTYKA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
522 AM EST SUN DEC 30 1990

HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT HAVE CAUSED SOME SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS AND WATER IS FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAYS IN WESTERN ERIE COUNTY AND
ALSO IN THE CORRY AREA. AT PRESENT THIS IS MINOR AMOUNTS OF WATER AND THE
ROADWAYS ARE PASSABLE. IN CRAWFORD COUNTY THERE IS ALSO SOME REPORTS OF
SMALL AMOUNTS OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 3/4 OF AN INCH TO 1 3/4 INCHES AND RAIN IS
STILL FALLING OVER THE AREA.
BE CAUTIOUS WHEN TRAVELING ON ROADWAYS THIS MORNING AS THE HEAVY RAINS
FROM OVERNIGHT WILL BE RUNNING INTO THE LARGER STREAMS AND SOME FLOODING
COULD BEGIN. ACT QUIC$KLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS SEEN
AND DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
648 AM EST SUN DEC 30 1990

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO TODAY.

TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN TO THE FREEZING MARK OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST
OHIO THIS MORNING AND THE RAIN WAS CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN. THE
FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF`S OFFICE REPORTS THAT THE ROADS WERE STILL WET
AT 640 AM. HOWEVER AS THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO DROP ROADS WILL
BECOME SLICK AND ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE FIRST TO BECOME SLICK AND ICE COVERED.

THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OVER ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO THIS
MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 1 TO 3 INCHES BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT.

MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS VENTURING OUT THIS MORNING SHOULD BE CAREFUL
AND LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

RAR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
740 AM EST SUN DEC 30 1990

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE MUCH OF WESTERN OHIO FOR THIS
MORNING AND THE REST OF THE STATE TODAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES TODAY
AND THE NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL PORTIONS THIS AFTEROON AS RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.

RAINFALL DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE BEEN HEAVIEST IN THE NORTH AND
WEST. RAINFALL OF AN INCH AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN COMMON IN THOSE AREAS. CLEVELAND HOPKINS
AIRPORT REPORTED OVER TWO INCHES /2.04/ AND DAYTON UNDER 2 INCHES
/1.74/.

SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOME
COUNTIES IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OHIO AS AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
MANY RIVERS IN THE STATE.

MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS... SOME ROADS ARE
UNDERWATER AND SOME BASEMENTS ARE EVEN FLOODED.

HEAVIER RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN OHIO THIS MORNING AND FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE SAFETY
IF FLOODING OCCURS.

A COLD FRONT THAT WAS MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH THE STATE WAS CAUSING THE
RAIN. AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES IN THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN
AND THEN TO SNOW. THE RAIN WILL TURN TO FREEZING RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST
THIS MORNING AND THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES BY NOON AND THE NORTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON.

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW AND 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY ACCUMULATE IN
THE WEST BY EVENING. ROADS WILL BECOME QUITE SLIPPER_Y AND TRAVEL COULD
BECOME DANGEROUS. PEOPLE WHO WILL BE DRIVING INTO OR THROUGH THE
WESTERN HALF OF OHIO TODAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR NASTY WINTER WEATHER.

KIELTYKA