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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

235 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 530 AM EDT.



* AT 231 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING.



HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF ADAMS 

COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY LEAD TO 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ROADWAYS...AND AREAS 

NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

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



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