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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1225 AM EDT THU SEP 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY   

  OF MEADVILLE

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ERIE



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT



* AT 1224 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN WITH A FEW   

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER 

  OFF BY DAYBREAK. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SO   

  FAR AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR BY 5 AM.



* THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ACROSS THE COUNTIES FOR MUCH OF EARLY       

  MORNING HOURS. 

  

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.



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 4147 8042 4143 8019 4354 7920 4368 7993



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