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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

720 PM EDT MON AUG 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.



* AT 715 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

  SOMERSET COUNTY...MOVING EAST.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA. EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL KEEP ANY OF THIS RAIN FROM SOAKING 

INTO THE GROUND. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET AND BEDFORD COUNTIES.



COMMUNITIES ALONG THE WILLS CREEK SUCH AS HYNDMAN THAT EXPERIENCED 

FLOODING EARLIER IN THE DAY WILL SEE THE CREEKS AND STREAMS OVERFLOW 

AGAIN.  THE RAINS SHOULD TAPER OFF AFTER 8 PM IN SOMERSET AND 9 PM 

IN BEDFORD. THE FLOOD WATERS SHOULD RECEDE AFTER 10 PM. 



REMEMBER THAT IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT 

NIGHT.  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.



IF WATER BEGINS TO RISE IN YOUR VICINITY...DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY

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LAT...LON 4017 7815 3973 7838 3972 7941 4025 7910



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