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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

308 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...



* UNTIL 715 AM EDT



* AT 303 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF               

  THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEDINA COUNTY EAST TO MAHONING COUNTY. THE      

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL    

  LIKELY EXCEED TWO INCHES IN PLACES WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN

  FLOODING SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN.





* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BOARDMAN

  CANFIELD



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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