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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

807 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



* AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

NEARLY STATIONARY CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ELK COUNTY. 

RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

CENTRAL ELK COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM...LIKELY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING 

FROM AROUND ST MARYS TO JOHNSONBURG AND RIDGWAY...WESTWARD TO THE 

FOREST COUNTY BORDER.



AT 850 PM...ELK COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED WATER COVERING MANY 

ROADS IN JOHNSONBURG...AS WELL AS SEVERAL BASEMENTS FLOODED.  THE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THESE PROBLEMS...AND ROAD CLOSURES 

SHOULD BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 



REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

SABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS CAN 

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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.



LAT...LON 4158 7848 4127 7840 4137 7891 4162 7894



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