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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

333 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

  TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT



* AT 324 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST 

SUSTAINED RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...RUNOFF AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 

FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME. 



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  CORTLAND

  GARRETTSVILLE

  KENT

  NEWTON FALLS

  RAVENNA

  WARREN

  MEADVILLE

  COCHRANTON

  TITUSVILLE



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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