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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

508 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 815 AM EDT



* AT 500 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

  AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A 

  THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREENCASTLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  CHAMBERSBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...GREENCASTLE...MARION...MONT ALTO...

  ROUZERVILLE...ROXBURY...SCOTLAND...ST. THOMAS...UPPER STRASBURG AND

  WAYNESBORO.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND THE TOWN OF GREENCASTLE...WHERE 

CLOSE TO TWO INCHES NEW RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED SINCE 4 AM.  THE HEAVY 

RAINS SHOULD TAPER BACK TO LIGHTER RAIN BY 6 AM.  THIS NEW RAIN 

COMBINED WITH THE RAIN WHICH FELL ON SUNDAY WILL CREATE PROBLEMS 

WITH FLOODING EARLY THIS MORNING.



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



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3971 7792 3970 7747 3997 7746 4011 7757

      4009 7780



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