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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1033 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ERIE 

PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PENNSYLVANIA AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES...



AT 1025 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE OVER ERIE...NORTHERN 

CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTIES HAVE MOVED EAST. 

HOWEVER...RADAR SHOWED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THIS MORNING 

ACROSS MUCH OF ERIE COUNTY...AND THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ASHTABULA AND 

CRAWFORD COUNTIES. THIS RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH RAINFALL OVER THE 

PAST DAY HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF INLAND ERIE 

COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN ERIE 

COUNTY...INCLUDING ROUTE 6 NEAR MILL VILLAGE. MANY STREAMS AND 

CREEKS ARE ALSO FLOODED...AND ARE OVER AREA ROADWAYS. THIS IS A VERY 

DANGEROUS SITUATION ACROSS MUCH OF INLAND ERIE COUNTY DO NOT 

VENTURE INTO HIGH WATERS...AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF YOU SEE RISING 

WATERS.



ADDITIONAL BASEMENT...SMALL STREAM AND STREET FLOODING IS ALSO 

OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN ASHTABULA AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES. 



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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