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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

325 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...



* UNTIL 630 PM EDT



* AT 318 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF            

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER HANCOCK COUNTY. RADAR      

  ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS  

  RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNING MAY CAUSE    

  DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ARCADIA

  ARLINGTON

  FINDLAY

  MCCOMB

  RAWSON

  VAN BUREN

  VANLUE



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION 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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