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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1047 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



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ERIE PA-

1047 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN

NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 330 PM EDT...



AT 1036 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALLL ROUGHLY CENTERED 

ALONG INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN INTERSTATE 79 AND THE OHIO... 

PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING NEAR AND JUST 

WEST OF GIRARD.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN ERIE AND GIRARD DURING THE PAST HOUR.  

SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

PARTS OF NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY.  



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 

NOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ERIE...GIRARD AND NORTH EAST.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



NUMEROUS ROADS IN NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY HAVE BEEN FLOODED BY THE 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THIS MORNING.  NEVER YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT 

TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND.



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LAT...LON 4209 7977 4185 8052 4194 8053 4200 8051

      4209 8023 4213 8015 4216 8015 4218 8011

      4217 8004 4224 7990 4228 7977



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