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000 

WGUS51 KCTP 190114

FFWCTP

PAC111-190400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

908 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ENTERING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SOMERSET 

COUNTY...AND WILL BE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...SPECIFICALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION 

OF THE COUNTY NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE.



THE BASINS CONTAINING SOUTH GLADE CREEK...MIDDLE CREEK...COXES CREEK 

AND LOST CREEK JUST TO THE NORTH OF CASSELMAN AND ROCKWOOD ARE AT 

PARTICULAR RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING.



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



PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.



LAT...LON 4008 7875 3975 7884 3975 7937 3991 7937

          4007 7923



$$



LAMBERT/DEVOIR/GRUMM

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000 

WGUS51 KCTP 190114

FFWCTP

PAC111-190400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

908 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ENTERING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SOMERSET 

COUNTY...AND WILL BE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

AREA OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...SPECIFICALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION 

OF THE COUNTY NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE.



THE BASINS CONTAINING SOUTH GLADE CREEK...MIDDLE CREEK...COXES CREEK 

AND LOST CREEK JUST TO THE NORTH OF CASSELMAN AND ROCKWOOD ARE AT 

PARTICULAR RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING.



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



PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.



LAT...LON 4008 7875 3975 7884 3975 7937 3991 7937

          4007 7923



$$



LAMBERT/DEVOIR/GRUMM

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