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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

207 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 205 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF ERIE COUNTY.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS

MAY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR.  THIS RAIN

WILL FALL OVER AREAS WITH SATURATED GROUND...AND FLOODING IS LIKELY.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ELGIN

  CORRY  

  MILL VILLAGE

  EDINBORO 

  UNION CITY

  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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