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000 

WGUS51 KCTP 030329

FFWCTP

PAC009-030715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1122 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 315 AM EDT.



* AT 1115 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A    

  NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  COVERING WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 

3 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING. THIS ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL AND QUICK...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE TOWNS OF SCHELLSBURG...NEW PARIS...OSTERBURG... 

WOODBURY...NEW ENTERPRISE...CESSNA...AND BEDFORD.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

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



CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA MUST MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



$$



LAT...LON 4007 7832 4017 7820 4025 7833 4030 7861

          3987 7882 3974 7891 3975 7870 3992 7861

          4001 7845



LAMBERT/DANGELO/GARTNER

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000 

WGUS51 KCTP 030329

FFWCTP

PAC009-030715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1122 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 315 AM EDT.



* AT 1115 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A    

  NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  COVERING WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE 

RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 

3 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING. THIS ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL AND QUICK...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE TOWNS OF SCHELLSBURG...NEW PARIS...OSTERBURG... 

WOODBURY...NEW ENTERPRISE...CESSNA...AND BEDFORD.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

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



CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA MUST MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



$$



LAT...LON 4007 7832 4017 7820 4025 7833 4030 7861

          3987 7882 3974 7891 3975 7870 3992 7861

          4001 7845



LAMBERT/DANGELO/GARTNER

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