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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

530 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.



* AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

SCHUYLKILL AND LEBANON COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL 

COUNTY...AND EASTERN LEBANON COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE 

THREATENED INCLUDE SUMMIT STATION AND SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...AS WELL AS 

MYERSTOWN. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE 

LOCATIONS...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN NEXT HOUR. MORE 

HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING.



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.



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

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





LAT...LON 4071 7584 4048 7638 4031 7619 4022 7657

      4070 7654 4091 7618



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