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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1010 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 415 PM EDT TUESDAY



* AT 1010 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO DRIFT NORTH ACROSS THE 

REGION. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING AND 

ROAD CLOSURES AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



AREAS EXPERIENCING THE GREATEST RAINFALL AND MOST SEVERE FLOODING 

THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS SCHUYLKILL...AND 

SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES FROM NEAR SUMMIT STATION AND 

POTTSVILLE...NORTH TO FRACKVILLE...RINGTOWN AND SCOTCH VALLEY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANNVILLE...

  ASHLAND...BERWICK...BLOOMSBURG...COLONIAL PARK...CORNWALL...

  FRACKVILLE...HERSHEY...HUMMELSTOWN...LEBANON...LINGLESTOWN...

  MAHANOY CITY...MIDDLETOWN...MINERSVILLE...MYERSTOWN...PALMYRA...

  POTTSVILLE...PROGRESS...SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...SHENANDOAH...ST. CLAIR

  AND TAMAQUA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 3 INCHES IN A FEW HOUR 

PERIOD.



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. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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 4079 7639 4059 7692 4039 7701 4014 7672

      4032 7616 4053 7649 4059 7614 4075 7569

      4094 7619 4128 7635 4115 7660



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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