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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

958 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 400 AM EDT.



* AT 955 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

  AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO MCKEAN 

  COUNTY FROM THE WEST. 



THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 

1.5 INCHES IN AN HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH RAIN 

EARLIER IN THE DAY...WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS. 

URBAN AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVERHEAD.



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.



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