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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1030 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ERIE COUNTY 

PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.



AT 1030 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED 

THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS BETWEEN NORTHEAST AND WATTSBURG AND 

CONTINUING TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR CORRY COULD HAVE 

RECEIVED AROUND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN. SOME ROADS WERE STILL 

CLOSED. DURING THE HEAVY RAIN THE WATER WAS AS DEEP AS TWO TO THREE 

FEET ON MANY ROADS NEAR CORRY.



EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED THE WATER WILL ONLY SLOWLY 

RECEDE FROM ROADS AND STREAMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH 

HIGH WATER AS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.



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