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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TEST...FLASH FLOOD WARNING...TEST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

900 AM EST WED MAR 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A TEST 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 900 AM EST



* AT 900 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED..A TEST FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN 

CLEVELAND OHIO FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TO TEST READINESS IN SCHOOLS

...HOSPITALS...FACTORIES...BUSINESSES...AND HOMES DURING PENNSYLVANIAS 

ANNUAL SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK. 



IF THIS HAD BEEN AN ACTUAL FLASH FLOOD WARNING...THIS MESSAGE WOULD 

CONTAIN INFORMATION ON THE THREATENED AREAS...AND PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE 

DURING THE SEVERE WEATHER...LIKE: 



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.



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

STREAMS.



AGAIN...THIS HAS BEEN A TEST FLASH FLOOD WARNING...ISSUED FOR 

PENNSYLVANIAS ANNUAL SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK ACTIVITIES. NO 

ACTUAL SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME



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