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WGUS71 KCLE 091055

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PAC039-049-091300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

654 AM EDT THU SEP 9 2004



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD

COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 930 AM EDT.



A DAM NEAR EDINBORO IN SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA HAS

CRESTED AND MAY BREAK. PEOPLE ARE BEING EVACUATED WHO LIVE

DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM. THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION...

PEOPLE NEED TO MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES.



BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 24 TO 36 HOURS

OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.



MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF DEBRIS AND OR HIGH WATER ON THEM.

MANY STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE SIGNIFICANT RAIN WILL MOVE

OUT OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BY 8 AM. THE WATER WILL ONLY SLOWLY

RECEDE THIS MORNING. PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR STREAMS...RIVERS AND

CREEKS NEED TO READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF NEEDED.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AS THE WATER MAY BE

DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.



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SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE STORM AS OF 6 AM EDT:

EDINBORO 5.8 INCHES

MEADVILLE. 4.88 INCHES

FAIRVIEW 4.2 INCHES

CORRY 4.75 INCHES

ERIE CITY 3.55 INCHES

TITUSVILLE 4.1 INCHES



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