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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

901 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  LYCOMING COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 300 AM EDT.



* AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A NEARLY STATIONARY EAST TO WEST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS             

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE 

RATE OF ONE AND ONE HALF...TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER IN THE WARNED 

AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LYCOMING COUNTY AND NORTHERN COLUMBIA 

COUNTY. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE FLASH FLOODING ARE JERSEY 

SHORE...WILLIAMSPORT...MUNCY...PICTURE ROCKS...HUGHESVILLE... 

UNITYVILLE...BENTON AND CENTRAL. 



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





LAT...LON 4128 7737 4110 7720 4115 7672 4113 7629

          4132 7633



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