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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1117 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO



* UNTIL 115 AM EDT



* AT 1111 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

SEVERAL MAJOR ROADS WERE CLOSED IN SPOTS...ROUTE 14 EAST OF ROUTE 44 

AND STATE ROUTE 88 NORTH OF ROUTE 14. SOME PEOPLE WERE BEING 

EVACUATED FROM A TRAILER PARK IN RAVENNA TOWNSHIP. THE RAIN WAS 

TAPERING OFF BUT WITH THE GROUND SATURATED ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL 

CAUSE PROBLEMS.



* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...

  RAVENNA...

  MANTUA...

  GARRETTSVILLE...



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.



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 4099 8100 4099 8131 4134 8132 4134 8101



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