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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

730 PM EDT FRI AUG 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.



* AT 724 PM EDT...AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE      

  MEASURED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL 

  HOURS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 

2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OFF 

AND ON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY NEAR AND JUST TO THE NORTH 

OF STATE ROUTE 45...INCLUDING HARTLETON...MIFFLINBURG ...FOREST HILL 

AND VICKSBURG.



THIS INCLUDES THE BASINS CONTAINING BUFFALO VALLEY CREEK...HALFWAY 

RUN...COAL RUN AND COLD 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.



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

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



LAT...LON 4108 7690 4088 7683 4082 7735 4106 7714



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