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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

435 AM EDT THU SEP 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS REISSUED 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 930 AM EDT



* AT 430 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW RAIN OVER          

  NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.   

  THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS OVER. RAINFALL THROUGH NOON SHOULD BE UNDER   

  AN INCH. OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

  STREAMS...RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE IN FLOOD AND MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED.

  SOME PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR HOMES DURING THE NIGHT IN 

  SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AND CRAWFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.



* THE RAIN INTENSITY WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING.



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 4154 8051 4156 7997 4395 7842 4420 7935



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