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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

215 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.



* AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  NEARLY STATIONARY BAND OF HEAVY RAIN COVERING THE CENTRAL AND  

  SOUTHERN PART OF WARREN COUNTY...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF ROUTE 6.





RAINFALL RATES OF THREE TENTHS TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR 

INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS RAIN...COMBINED WITH THE 2 TO 3 

INCHES THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF THE 

COUNTY WILL CREATE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND CAUSE MANY STREAMS AND 

CREEKS TO RAPIDLY FLOOD. FLOODING OF THIS TYPE MAY WASH OUT ROADS 

AND BRIDGES...AND FLOOD NEARBY LOW AREAS. 



THE AREAS MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING 

EXTEND FROM NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...SOUTHWEST TO TORPEDO...TIDIOUTE... 

GRAND VALLEY...AND ENTERPRISE. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND

FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY 

NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS.



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 4195 7895 4163 7894 4164 7960 4185 7960



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