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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

115 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

  

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT



* AT 115 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY 

STATIONARY AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY.  

RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECORDED SINCE NOON... 

WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.    



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

WATTSBURG...WATERFORD...UNION CITY...GIRARD...EDINBORO...AND CORRY.  

SOME STREAMS IMPACTED INCLUDE TRIBUTARIES TO FRENCH CREEK IN 

SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...DRAINAGE DITCHES...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. 

THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEPER 

TERRAIN.



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. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4227 7975 4186 7956 4186 8053 4227 8026



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