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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

813 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 215 AM EDT.



* AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING BETWEEN BEDFORD AND EVERETT...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG THE 

PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE.



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.



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



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 7820 4003 7821 3975 7838 3975 7876

      4031 7863



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