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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
312 PM EST WED JAN 12 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY MORNING TO 9 PM THURSDAY
EVENING...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN OHIO...
ASHTABULA INLAND...ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CUYAHOGA...GEAUGA...LAKE...
MAHONING...PORTAGE...STARK...SUMMIT AND TRUMBULL.

IN PENNSYLVANIA...
CRAWFORD...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE AKRON...ASHTABULA...CANTON...
CHARDON...CLEVELAND...ERIE...JEFFERSON...MEADVILLE...PAINESVILLE...
RAVENNA...WARREN AND YOUNGSTOWN.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM A STRONG COLD FRONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING MAY CAUSE NEW FLOODING TO OCCUR ON
CREEKS...STREAMS...RIVERS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS.  RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH BUT MAY EXCEED AN INCH
AND A HALF IN SOME SPOTS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS
REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS.
KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF
A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

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 AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL MEDIA OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

$$
ADAMS