

000 

WGUS71 KCLE 082302

FFSCLE



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

657 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



PAC039-090345-

/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080709T0345Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

CRAWFORD PA-

657 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR

CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



AT 654 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT ROADS 

WERE CLOSED NEAR VENANGO...CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...SPARTANSBURG...AND 

HYDETOWN.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BUT LIGHT 

RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER 

THE AREA. RADAR AND AREA RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT MUCH OF CRAWFORD 

COUNTY HAS SEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS THROUGH 8 PM SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN .5 INCH.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.





LAT...LON 4162 8052 4185 8052 4185 8020 4185 7984

      4185 7963 4185 7962 4163 7962

TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 180DEG 0KT 4171 8009



$$

