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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

157 PM EDT MON AUG 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.



* AT 143 PM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF 

STREETS...LOW LYING AREAS AND STREAMS IN THE VICINITY OF HYNDMAN IN 

SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY.



RAINFALL OF OVER 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN NEAR HYNDMAN SINCE 1 PM.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM SOMERSET COUNTY WILL 

CROSS THIS SAME AREA AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF OVER 

AN INCH BY 3 PM.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN 

HYNDMAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON.



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.



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

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



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