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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1018 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008



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ASHTABULA OH-ERIE PA-

1018 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...AND ERIE COUNTY IN

NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...



AT 1010 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORTLINE 

FROM CONNEAUT TO NORTHEAST PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 

2.5 INCHES PER HOUR.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE CONNEAUT AREA SINCE 830 AM... AND UP TO 2 

INCHES HAS FALLEN JUST SOUTH OF GIRARD.  SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE 

LIKELY ALONG CONNEAUT CREEK IN OHIO... AND ALONG ELK CREEK IN 

PENNSYLVANIA.  



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CONNEAUT...GIRARD...FAIRVIEW...ERIE...AND 

NORTHEAST.  USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN THESE COMMUNITIES THIS 

AFTERNOON.  DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A 

FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR 

VEHICLE.  TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 4227 7977 4193 7977 4185 8041 4185 8052

      4183 8052 4182 8066 4193 8073 4205 8031

      4210 8019 4216 8014 4218 8008 4215 8007

      4216 8004 4222 7993



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