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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

408 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

  AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM     

  NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED 5 TO 10 

MILES SOUTH OF SEVEN SPRINGS AND SEVERAL MILES NORTHWEST OF 

CASSELMAN...WITH ANOTHER AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES 

BETWEEN CALLIMONT AND MEYERSDALE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 

TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS THROUGH 6 PM.



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



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 4000 7933 3990 7939 3977 7908 3973 7898

      3972 7881 3979 7877 3988 7892



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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