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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1118 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 

NOON...



ALTHOUGH DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS ERIE 

COUNTY...EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF INLAND ERIE 

COUNTY. MANY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER...AND SOME ARE IMPASSABLE. ROUTE 

6N NEAR MILL VILLAGE AND ALBION IS CLOSED. MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS 

ARE 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.



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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