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WGUS51 KCTP 181018

FFWCTP

PAC083-105-181300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

618 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.



* AT 612 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER

  NORTHERN MCKEAN AND POTTER COUNTIES.  THE LINE IS NOT MOVING...

  WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ROLL ALONG IT...CREATING LOCALLY

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. 



THUNDERSTORMS ARE REPEATEDLY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF BRADFORD...AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING 

AREAS IN NORTHERN MCKEAN AND POTTER COUNTIES. 



THE WATERWAYS MOST AT RISK FOR FLOODING THIS MORNING INCLUDE THE 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE UPPER ALLEGHENY...COWANESQUE AND 

GENESEE RIVER VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY THE OSWAYO CREEK. TOWNS THAT MAY 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE BRADFORD...GENESEE...ULYSSES AND 

SHINGLEHOUSE. THESE AREAS WILL SEE RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS...AS 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT CLOSE TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THERE 

SINCE 3 AM. 



SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

SHORTLY...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING HOMES ALONG THE 

WATERWAYS. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

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



$$



LAT...LON 4201 7761 4183 7759 4179 7893 4202 7895



DANGELO

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000 

WGUS51 KCTP 181018

FFWCTP

PAC083-105-181300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

618 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.



* AT 612 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER

  NORTHERN MCKEAN AND POTTER COUNTIES.  THE LINE IS NOT MOVING...

  WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ROLL ALONG IT...CREATING LOCALLY

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. 



THUNDERSTORMS ARE REPEATEDLY PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE CITY OF BRADFORD...AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING 

AREAS IN NORTHERN MCKEAN AND POTTER COUNTIES. 



THE WATERWAYS MOST AT RISK FOR FLOODING THIS MORNING INCLUDE THE 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE UPPER ALLEGHENY...COWANESQUE AND 

GENESEE RIVER VALLEYS...ESPECIALLY THE OSWAYO CREEK. TOWNS THAT MAY 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE BRADFORD...GENESEE...ULYSSES AND 

SHINGLEHOUSE. THESE AREAS WILL SEE RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS...AS 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT CLOSE TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THERE 

SINCE 3 AM. 



SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

SHORTLY...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING HOMES ALONG THE 

WATERWAYS. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

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



$$



LAT...LON 4201 7761 4183 7759 4179 7893 4202 7895



DANGELO

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