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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...TEST

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1040 AM EST TUE MAR 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



...THIS IS A TEST...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING...TEST



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 1042 AM EST



* AT 1040 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED..

  TEST FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ALBION

  CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS

  CONNEAUTVILLE

  EDINBORO

  ERIE

  GIRARD

  LINESVILLE

  MEADVILLE

  NORTH EAST

  SPARTANSBURG

  UNION CITY

  WATERFORD

  WATTSBURG



THIS TEST WARNING WAS SENT AS PART OF A STATEWIDE DRILL IN ORDER TO 

TEST SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS IN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS WEEK HAS BEEN 

DECLARED SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK.

 

AT THIS TIME....LOCAL COMMUNITIES...SCHOOLS...BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE

INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE REHEARSING THE ACTIONS THEY WOULD TAKE IF 

FLOODING SHOULD OCCUR.



EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN IN CASE FLOODING OR ANOTHER DEVASTATING

WEATHER EVENT STRIKES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WANTS

YOU TO BE PREPARED BEFORE SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS.



IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT DISSEMINATION SYSTEMS WORK SMOOTHLY IN 

ORDER PASS ALONG VITAL WARNING INFORMATION. THOSE OF YOU WHO 

DISSEMINATE OUR WARNINGS PERFORM A VITAL SERVICE AND IT IS GREATLY 

APPRECIATED BY THE NWS AND THE CITIZENS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.





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