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WGUS51 KCTP 181449

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PAC061-182045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1048 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HUNTINGDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.



* AT 1045 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED AN 

IMPENDING FAILURE OF THE SMITHFIELD LEVEE ON THE JUNIATA RIVER. THE 

LEVEE IS JUST SOUTH OF HUNTINGDON BOROUGH. IF THE LEVEE FAILS...IT 

WILL FORCE EVACUATIONS OF A WIDE AREA IN SMITHFIELD VILLAGE. 



THE LEVEE STRUCTURE IS UNSTABLE AND COULD GIVE WAY AT ANY TIME. 

LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE SAND-BAGGING THE LEVEE BUT FEEL IT WILL GIVE 

WAY. 

HEED ALL EVACUATION NOTICES IMMEDIATELY  DO NOT DELAY.



LAT...LON 4076 7770 4043 7787 4030 7771 4008 7784

      4024 7827 4046 7814 4075 7822 4070 7794



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