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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

650 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 845 AM EDT



* AT 645 AM EDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF 

ROADS AND STREAMS FROM MEADVILLE SOUTHEAST TO COCHRANTON.  IN 

ADDITION...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM MOVING 

SOUTHEAST THROUGH ERIE COUNTY TOWARD THE AREA.  THIS STORM WILL 

LIKELY BRING ANOTHER THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH TO THE ALREADY 

SATURATED PORTION OF CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING.  



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS

  MEADVILLE

  COCHRANTON



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL 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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