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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

750 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ACROSS HOLMES COUNTY.        

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES THIS EVENING AS THE         

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...GLENMONT...HOLMESVILLE...

  KILLBUCK...NASHVILLE...BERLIN...WINESBURG...WALNUT CREEK AND

  FARMERSTOWN...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 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.



LAT...LON 4047 8189 4050 8215 4050 8215 4066 8213

      4066 8165 4055 8166 4054 8167 4045 8167

      4045 8177



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