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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

454 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.



* AT 444 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA...BEFORE GRADUALLY 

TAPERING OFF TO A STEADY MODERATE RAIN BETWEEN 730 AM AND 830 AM.  

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF 

CLEARFIELD COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING ARE THE TOWNS OF 

MAHAFFEY...NEW WASHINGTON AND BURNSIDE...INCLUDING THE SNYDER RUN 

BASIN...BEAR RUN...CHEST RUN...AND MILLER RUN NEAR THE SUSQUEHANNAS 

WEST BRANCH. FLASH FLOODING MAY EXTEND AS FAR NORTH AS DUBOIS AND 

ROCKTON.  



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





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



LAT...LON 4119 7879 4109 7842 4104 7821 4080 7835

          4074 7841 4073 7879



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