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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1154 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008



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ASHTABULA OH-ERIE PA-

1154 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 1147 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG THE ERIE LAKESHORE THIS MORNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  

UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR IN CONNEAUT... 

WITH UP TO TWO INCHES IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR NEAR NORTHEAST 

PENNSYLVANIA.  SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE FLOODED... AND WATER 

HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS IN AND NEAR THESE COMMUNITIES.  USE 

CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.  



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 4208 7977 4193 8022 4187 8050 4186 8065

      4193 8072 4205 8031 4210 8019 4216 8014

      4218 8009 4215 8006 4222 7993 4223 7985

      4227 7977



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