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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1122 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



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ERIE PA-

1122 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



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

NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 330 PM EDT...



AS OF 1030 AM THIS MORNING...THE CITY OF ERIE HAS REQUESTED THAT ALL 

NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL STOP IN ERIE DUE TO THE ONGOING FLASH 

FLOODING.  ACCORDING TO RAINFALL REPORTS AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

FOUR TO LOCALLY FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN AND NEAR 

ERIE SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING... LEADING TO EXCESSIVE FLASH FLOODING 

WITHIN THE CITY.



EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED ALONG MILL CREEK IN THE BELLE VALLEY 

AREA. 



AT 1115 AM EDT...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS AT THIS TIME ARE LOCATED NEAR 

GIRARD...TRACKING SLOWLY EAST.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.  

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF...LEADING TO ADDITIONAL 

FLASH FLOODING. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE ALL OF INTERSTATE 90 IN 

PENNSYLVANIA...AND THE CITIES OF ERIE...GIRARD AND NORTH EAST.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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



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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