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WGUS51 KCTP 101323

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PAC111-101615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

918 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT.



* AT 915 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF SOMERSET COUNTY.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF 

THE COUNTY THROUGH 1015 AM...BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IN 

AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING.



THE HEAVY RAINS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 1015 AM...BUT RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING NEAR THE TOWNS OF 

SOMERSET...CONFLUENCE...AND MEYERSDALE.



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW 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.



$$



LAT...LON 4014 7869 3971 7880 3972 7957 4023 7911



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