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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

613 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT



* AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

  AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM

  NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE 

PAST 90 MINUTES JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF GETTYSBURG...NEAR THE TOWNS 

OF GERMANTOWN...LITTLESTOWN AND BONNEAUVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY NEAR GERMANTOWN THROUGH 730 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 3985 7717 3973 7727 3971 7717 3974 7704

      3982 7701 3985 7707



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT/GARTNER/CRUZ

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