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WGUS51 KCLE 051704

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PAC049-052100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

100 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 1257 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED..



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ALBION

  ERIE

  GIRARD

  SPRINGFIELD



PERSISTENT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LAKESHORE HAVE 

PRODUCED UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN 90 MINUTES JUST WEST OF 

GIRARD. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.  MORE HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY 

ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90.



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 LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES, STORM SEWERS OR

STREAMS.



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