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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

623 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 930 PM EDT



* AT 620 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...MOVING ACROSS ERIE

  COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED FROM 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAVE FALLEN IN MAINLY NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ERIE COUNTY

  SINCE 515 PM. SINCE GROUND IN THE AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED...

  THIS IS ENOUGH TO START FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS.  

  ALSO 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN LAWRENCE PARK WHICH

  RESULTED IN SOME MINOR FLOODING THERE.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  WATTSBURG

  NORTH EAST

  FAIRVIEW 



DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES, STORM SEWERS OR

STREAMS.



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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