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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

756 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL NOON EDT



* AT 745 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS 

CRAWFORD AND ERIE COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EXTENDING 

WEST ACROSS NORTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY AND INTO LAKE ERIE.  THESE 

STORMS HAVE DROPPED FROM AN INCH TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS 

NORTHERN ASHTABULA SOUTHERN ERIE AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES 

SINCE 630 AM AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 

ENDING.  THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  ASHTABULA

  GENEVA

  NORTH KINGSVILLE

  ALBION

  CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS

  EDINBORO

  ERIE

  GIRARD

  NORTH EAST

  SPARTANSBURG

  UNION CITY

  WATERFORD

  WATTSBURG



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.



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