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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

505 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.



* AT 505 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING              

  INTO WARREN COUNTY.



SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS WARREN COUNTY 

BETWEEN 5 AM AND 7 AM THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES ARE LIKELY DURING THIS PERIOD. RAINFALL OF JUST UNDER AN INCH 

IN AN HOUR WILL BEGIN TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS 

AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 



THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY FROM 

GARLAND...YOUNGSVILLE AND WARREN...TO SPRING 

CREEK...LOTTSVILLE...SUGAR GROVE AND RUSSEL ARE PARTICULARLY AT RISK 

FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM THIS BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN. THIS INCLUDES 

BASINS CONTAINING PATCHEN RUN...LITTLE BROKENSTRAW 

CREEK...STILLWATER CREEK...STONY CREEK...AND JACKSON RUN  



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 4200 7893 4165 7897 4163 7962 4201 7964



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