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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

700 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



* AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF SOMERSET COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 

2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TOWNS OF 

CASSELMAN...KINGWOOD...MARKLETON AND CONFLUENCE...AND THE AREA EAST 

TO MOUNT DAVIS. 



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.



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

DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR

STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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

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



LAT...LON 4018 7915 3972 7941 3973 7911 4014 7890



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