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WGUS51 KCLE 092128

FFWCLE

PAC039-100015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

521 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 520 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN ACROSS  EASTERN 

CRAWFORD. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN 90 MINUTES. 

TOTAL RAINFALL COULD REACH 3 TO 4 INCHES AND PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING 

FROM

LINCOLNVILLE TO TROY CENTER.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  LITTLE COPLEY

  BLOOMING VALLEY



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



$$

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000 

WGUS51 KCLE 092128

FFWCLE

PAC039-100015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

521 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 520 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN ACROSS  EASTERN 

CRAWFORD. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN 90 MINUTES. 

TOTAL RAINFALL COULD REACH 3 TO 4 INCHES AND PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING 

FROM

LINCOLNVILLE TO TROY CENTER.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  LITTLE COPLEY

  BLOOMING VALLEY



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



$$

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