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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

315 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005



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ERIE PA-CRAWFORD PA-

315 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES CONTINUES 

UNTIL 4 AM...



AT 3 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 3 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE MIDNIGHT IN AN AREA FROM FAIRFIEW AND 

GERARD THROUGH EDINBORO TO CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS. RADAR ALSO SHOWED 2 TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN JUST WEST OF ALBION. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS 

DIMINISHED OVER ERIE COUNTY...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER CRAWFORD 

COUNTY THROUGH 4 AM...WHERE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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