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PAC021-033-047-111-191945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1043 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  CAMBRIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 245 PM EST.



* AT 1039 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE REGION.



HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY 

PRODUCED OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN IN MUCH OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES. RUNOFF FROM 

THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING IN SOMERSET... 

CLEARFIELD... CAMBRIA AND ELK COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL 

ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 1 PM.



MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RISING RAPIDLY...AND WILL SOON 

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY.



CAMBRIA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALREADY REPORTS THAT SOME 

STREAMS ARE AT BANKFUL IN WEST AND MIDDLE TAYLOR TOWNSHIPS AS WELL 

AS LOWER YODER TOWNSHIP.



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.



DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR

STREAMS.



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          3976 7936 3998 7936 4057 7887 4105 7877

          4126 7874 4140 7906 4164 7895 4162 7847

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