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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

538 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.



* AT 531 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EXTREMELY

  HEAVY RAINFALL.



* AT 531 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY WESTWARD TO THE 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SCHUYLKILL COUNTY 

FROM THE WEST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALREADY CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN THE CITY OF 

POTTSVILLE WHERE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES MANHOLE COVERS 

BEING LIFTED BY HEAVY URBAN FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT 

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW LYING AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AFTER THE SUN SETS WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE 

THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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