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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1257 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MEADVILLE



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT



* AT 1247 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TRAINED SPOTTER 

REPORTED NUMEROUS AREAS OF HIGH WATER FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

MEADVILLE...SPARTANSBURG AND CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS



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. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE AREA.



REPORTS RECEIVED ALREADY INCLUDE ROUTE 322 SOUTH OF MEADVILLE 

ALREADY HAVING HIGH WATER ON THE ROADWAY.  



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 4148 8051 4149 8000 4165 7977 4164 7964

      4182 7962 4185 8050



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