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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

629 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT



* AT 626 PM EDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY AND WESTERN 

CUYAHOGA COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR IN LORAIN COUNTY AND THE 

INTERSTATE 480 CORRIDOR IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL CUYAHOGA COUNTY. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN 

ENDS BY 8 PM. 



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...

  NORTH OLMSTED...

  ROCKY RIVER...

  BEREA...

  PARMA...

  NORTH ROYALTON...

  NORTH RIDGEVILLE...

  ELYRIA...



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

DANGERS OF 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.



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 4153 8144 4136 8137 4118 8231 4142 8235



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