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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

840 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 1145 PM EDT.



* AT 837 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT 

FLOODING. THE CITY OF POTTSVILLE REMAINS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY 

AS OF 845 PM.



HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING WAS STILL CAUSING FLOODING 

PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN POTTSVILLE. THE WEST BRANCH OF THE 

SCHUYLKILL RIVER IS HALF BANK FULL AND RISING RAPIDLY. RESIDENTS 

ALONG STREAMS SUBJECT TO FLOODING SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES. 



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 AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 

1145 PM.



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