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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

553 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 550 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

NORTHEAST HALF OF THE COUNTY. AT 551 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER 

SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN VERMILION WITH SIGNIFICANT 

STREET FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...

  HURON...

  BERLIN HEIGHTS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...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 WORST FLOODING IS 

LIKELY EAST OF MILAN AND FROM AROUND INTERSTATE 90 NORTH TO THE LAKE.



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



LAT...LON 4145 8236 4129 8236 4130 8276 4139 8274



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