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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

843 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



PAC039-049-170200-

CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-

843 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR ERIE AND

CRAWFORD COUNTIES...



AT 842 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

WARNED AREA EAST OF INTERSTATE 79. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EAST OF INTERSTATE 

79 SINCE 6 PM. AREAS NEAR WATERFORD...UNION CITY...AND FAR EASTERN 

CRAWFORD COUNTY HAVE SEEN THE HEAVIEST RAIN WITH RADAR ESTIMATES 

NEAR 4 INCHES SINCE 6 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 PM...MAKING THIS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4250 7952 4134 7953 4143 8048 4214 8047



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