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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

349 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD 

COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 600 AM...



AT 341 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY 

AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL 

RATES HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST HOUR...RUNOFF FROM THE VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FLASH 

FLOODING POSSIBLE. THE AREAS MOST AT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING ARE 

COREY...ELGIN....AND SPARTANSBURG.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE.



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