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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1053 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.



* AT 1048 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY 

OVER NORTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTY...NEAR ULYSSES AND LOUCKS MILLS. 

RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE PLACED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THAT AREA 

SINCE 10 PM. A SIMILAR STORM CELL NEAR NORTH BINGHAM EARLIER THIS 

EVENING FLOODED A TOWNSHIP ROAD. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

GENESEE FORKS OF THE PINE CREEK...AND ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE 

PINE CREEK IN POTTER COUNTY. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

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



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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LAT...LON 4201 7761 4163 7762 4167 7809 4200 7793



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