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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

139 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOMERSET

  COUNTY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WEST OF 

CASSELMAN IN SOMERSET COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN WAS INDICATED BY RADAR SOUTH OF BOSWELL. THESE RAINFALL RATES 

WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS ON ROADS AND COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS TO COME OUT OF THERE BANKS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN

AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 4015 7887 3971 7898 3977 7949 4022 7916



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