Flash Flood Warning 121, NWS Cleveland, OH

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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.

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