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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

1144 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



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ERIE PA-

1144 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009



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

NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 330 PM EDT...



AT 1135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

SLOW MOVING AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL LOCATED JUST EAST OF GIRARD. 

RAINFALL OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR IS OCCURING WITH 

THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL. 



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 

CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

QUICKLY RUNOFF...LEADING TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. 



FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG THE FOLLOWING CREEKS AND STREAMS IN 

NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY...

  WALNUT CREEK...

  BRANDY RUN...

  ELK CREEK...

  MILL CREEK...

  FOURMILE CREEK...

  SIXMILE CREEK...



PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THESE CREEKS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THE 

POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.  OBEY ALL EVACUATION ORDERS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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



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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